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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Platanthera orbiculata   FAMILY Orchidaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera orbiculata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Platanthera orbiculata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Platanthera orbiculata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Platanthera orbiculata var. orbiculata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-007:

Habenaria orbiculata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Lysias orbiculata

 

COMMON NAME:
Large Round-leaved Orchid, Dessert-plate Orchid


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image of Platanthera orbiculata, Large Round-leaved Orchid, Dessert-plate Orchid

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lyor_001_lvd

        

image of Platanthera orbiculata, Large Round-leaved Orchid, Dessert-plate Orchid

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_p_orbiculata

June    Wautauga County    NC

Flowering scape arises between a pair of distinctive flat rounded basal lvs, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Platanthera orbiculata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera orbiculata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Platanthera orbiculata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Platanthera orbiculata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Platanthera orbiculata var. orbiculata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-007:
Habenaria orbiculata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lysias orbiculata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2853

Forb

Habitat: Moist hardwood forests and seeps, especially over mafic, calcareous, or other more nutrient-rich substrates, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in NC Piedmont

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (1-2)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish-white
Pedicel 1.5-2.5cm long
Bilaterally symmetrical
3 sepals, two lateral and one dorsal
3 petals, the two lateral similar and a third (the lip) enlarged
stamens and pistil fused together into a column
Inferior ovary

Raceme

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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