Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Platanthera blephariglottis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Platanthera from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera blephariglottis var. blephariglottis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-013a:
Habenaria blephariglottis var. blephariglottis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (POSSIBLY MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Blephariglottis blephariglottis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Blephariglottis albiflora
COMMON NAME:
Small White Fringed Orchid
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_blbl2_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Platanthera blephariglottis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera blephariglottis var. blephariglottis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-013a:
Habenaria blephariglottis var. blephariglottis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (POSSIBLY MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Blephariglottis blephariglottis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Blephariglottis albiflora
1930
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in GA)
Look for it in seepages, sandhill-pocosin ecotones, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, with floral bracts upward
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Bisexual
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p228?
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p149
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p042
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p072
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p185
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p176
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p043
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p049
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History p122
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p027
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p174