Platanthera ephemerantha
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| Species: | P. candida
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| Piperia candida | |
Piperia candida is a species of orchid known by the common names whiteflower rein orchid, slender white piperia, and white-flowered piperia. It is native to western North America from Alaska to the San Francisco Bay Area, where it grows in coniferous forests and other habitat in coastal and inland mountain ranges within 150 kilometers of the coast. It grows erect to about half a meter in maximum height from a bulbous caudex. The basal leaves are up to 18 centimeters long by 3 wide. Leaves higher on the stem are much reduced. The upper part of the stem is a spikelike inflorescence of up to 100 small flowers, mostly arranged along one side of the stem. The fragrant, honey-scented flowers are whiter than those of other Piperia,[1] but sometimes green-tinged or -veined, or green with white margins. The status of this species in the wild is difficult to determine because most populations are small and may produce flowers only rarely.[2]
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- Piperia
- Orchideae species
- Orchids of California
- Orchids of Canada
- Orchids of the United States
- Flora of the West Coast of the United States
- Flora of Alaska
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Plants described in 1990
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