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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera ciliaris   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Platanthera ciliaris

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-014:

Habenaria ciliaris   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Blephariglottis ciliaris

 

COMMON NAME:
Yellow Fringed Orchid


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image of Platanthera ciliaris, Yellow Fringed Orchid

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_blci2_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm230523_3329

May    Greenville County    SC

Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve

image of Platanthera ciliaris, Yellow Fringed Orchid

JK Marlow    jkm230523_3331

May    Greenville County    SC

Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm190726_0210

July    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

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JK Marlow    jkm190726_0225

July    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Platanthera ciliaris, Yellow Fringed Orchid

JK Marlow    jkm190726_0244

July    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Platanthera ciliaris, Yellow Fringed Orchid

JK Marlow    jkm230713_4384

July    Greenville County    SC

Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve

image of Platanthera ciliaris, Yellow Fringed Orchid

JK Marlow    jkm230713_4385

July    Greenville County    SC

Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve

image of Platanthera ciliaris, Yellow Fringed Orchid

Keith Bradley    kab_p_ciliaris_2117

July    Cocke County    TN

Foothills Parkway

image of Platanthera ciliaris, Yellow Fringed Orchid

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_ciliaris_39

July        

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Betsy George    bmg080322_9440

August    Henderson County    NC

DuPont State Forest

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JK Marlow    jkm160816_511

August    Oconee County    SC

The lower third of the stem bears a few narrow pointed leaves, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Platanthera ciliaris, Yellow Fringed Orchid

JK Marlow    jkm160816_516

August    Oconee County    SC

A dorsal sepal acts as a "hood" and 2 lateral sepals are reflexed, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Platanthera ciliaris, Yellow Fringed Orchid

JK Marlow    jkm160816_517

August    Oconee County    SC

Each flower has a spur 2-3x as long as the lip, which forms the nectary, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Platanthera ciliaris, Yellow Fringed Orchid

JK Marlow    jkm200808_6945

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Platanthera ciliaris, Yellow Fringed Orchid

JK Marlow    jkm210807_2462

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Platanthera ciliaris, Yellow Fringed Orchid

JK Marlow    jkm210807_2463

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Leaves on the upper stem are tiny and almost like bracts, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Platanthera ciliaris, Yellow Fringed Orchid

JK Marlow    jkm210807_2469

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Half-inch-long narrow lip completely bordered by a fine feathery fringing, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Platanthera ciliaris, Yellow Fringed Orchid

JK Marlow    jkm220806_9477

August    Henderson County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Platanthera ciliaris, Yellow Fringed Orchid

JK Marlow    jkm220806_9508

August    Henderson County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Platanthera ciliaris, Yellow Fringed Orchid

Jim Fowler    jafpci_0008

August-September    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Platanthera ciliaris, Yellow Fringed Orchid

Harry Davis    hld627_crw_7700

September    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Platanthera ciliaris, Yellow Fringed Orchid

JK Marlow    jkm0510g_22

October    Oconee County    SC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera ciliaris   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-014:
Habenaria ciliaris   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, moist roadbanks, meadows, pastures, bogs, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain) (rare in Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, with floral bracts upward

FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow/Orange
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
Bisexual

Raceme

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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