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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Platanthera flava var. flava
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera flava var. flava
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Platanthera flava var. flava
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Platanthera flava var. flava
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Platanthera flava var. flava
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-010a:
Habenaria flava var. flava FAMILY Orchidaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Perularia bidentata
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Perularia scutellata
COMMON NAME:
Southern Rein Orchid, Southern Gypsy-spike
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pefl13_001_lvd
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Jim Fowler jafp8025065
August Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
A loose terminal spike of 10-40 yellowish-green flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Jim Fowler jafpflavaflava_1
August Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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Jim Fowler jafpflavaflava_group
August Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Leaves lanceolate, 2-8" long, reduced upward to short bracts, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Platanthera flava var. flava
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera flava var. flava
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Platanthera flava var. flava
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Platanthera flava var. flava
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Platanthera flava var. flava
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-010a:
Habenaria flava var. flava
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Perularia bidentata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Perularia scutellata
2144
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Shaded wet places, such as swampy forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, with short floral bracts upward
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellowish-green/ Greenish
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:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p228
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p233
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p447
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p215
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p453
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p404
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005) p134
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p400
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p459
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