OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera lacera   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Platanthera lacera

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-001:

Habenaria lacera   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Blephariglottis lacera

 

COMMON NAME:
Ragged Fringed Orchid, Green Fringed Orchid, Ragged Orchid


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image of Platanthera lacera, Ragged Fringed Orchid, Green Fringed Orchid, Ragged Orchid

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_blla2_001_lvd

        

image of Platanthera lacera, Ragged Fringed Orchid, Green Fringed Orchid, Ragged Orchid

Diane Creaton    dmc03318

June    Avery County    NC

The Roan Highlands

image of Platanthera lacera, Ragged Fringed Orchid, Green Fringed Orchid, Ragged Orchid

Rusty Wilson    fkw070618_0200

June    Greenwood County    SC

Ninety Six National Historic Site

The lip is divided into 3 lobes, each consisting of hairlike separations, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Platanthera lacera, Ragged Fringed Orchid, Green Fringed Orchid, Ragged Orchid

Rusty Wilson    fkw070618_1946

June    Greenwood County    SC

Ninety Six National Historic Site

Plant 10-24" tall, usually with 4-6 narrow, pointed leaves, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Platanthera lacera, Ragged Fringed Orchid, Green Fringed Orchid, Ragged Orchid

JK Marlow    jkm100626_090

June    Avery County    NC

The Roan Highlands

Sepals ovate to elliptic, obtuse, 4-6mm long, 3-4mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Platanthera lacera, Ragged Fringed Orchid, Green Fringed Orchid, Ragged Orchid

Kevin Caldwell    kev_p_lacera_1

June        NC

image of Platanthera lacera, Ragged Fringed Orchid, Green Fringed Orchid, Ragged Orchid

Kevin Caldwell    kev_p_lacera_3

June        NC

image of Platanthera lacera, Ragged Fringed Orchid, Green Fringed Orchid, Ragged Orchid

Kevin Caldwell    kev_p_lacera_4

June        NC

A one-inch spur curls downward behind the lip, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Platanthera lacera, Ragged Fringed Orchid, Green Fringed Orchid, Ragged Orchid

Kevin Caldwell    kev_p_lacera_5

June        NC

The lip's delicate threadlike fringe gives this plant its common name, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera lacera   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-001:
Habenaria lacera   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

 

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629

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: swamps, bogs, seepages, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, reduced upward

FLOWER:
Summer
Yellowish-green/ Whitish-green
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
Capsule

 

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