Platanthera lacera

Green fringed-orchid
	Platanthera lacera at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Tribe:	Orchideae
Genus:	Platanthera
Species:	P. lacera
Binomial name
	Platanthera lacera; (Michx.) G.Don
Synonyms
	Habenaria lacera (Michx.) R.Br.; Orchis lacera Michx.;

Platanthera lacera is an orchid in the genus Platanthera, native throughout Eastern United States and Canada. It occurs in a variety of habitats ranging from “mesic and dry-mesic sand prairie, wet sedge meadow, calcareous fen, sphagnum bog, acid seep spring, dry field, mesic flatwoods, and mesic upland forests.”^[1] Common names include ragged fringed orchid and green fringed orchid.

Identification

It is a perennial growing 20–77 cm. tall. 2 to 7 lanceolate to narrow elliptic leaves should be present. The inflorescence is a terminal racemic structure, 4–25 cm. long with 15–60 whitish-green flowers.^[1]

Pollination

The flowers are fragrant at night and are pollinated by crepuscular moths.

References

^ ^a ^b Homoya, M.A. (1993). "Platanthera lacera". Orchids of Indiana. Indianapolis, IN; Indiana Academy of Science, p. 169.

This Orchidoideae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[Orchids_of_Indiana-1] Homoya, M.A. (1993). "Platanthera lacera". Orchids of Indiana. Indianapolis, IN; Indiana Academy of Science, p. 169.

[1]