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Photographer: Christopher Noll
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Family Orchidaceae
Platanthera dilatata (Pursh) Lindl. ex Beck var. dilatata
boreal bog orchid, leafy white orchis, scent-bottle, white bog orchid
Platanthera: from the Greek for "flat" and "flower," hence "wide or flat anthered"
dilatata: spread out, dilated
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, to 40" tall forb |
| Flower: | white, 6-parted, 1/3"-1/2" wide, lips not parted or fringed, blunt, wider at the base; petals lance-like, curving forward; inflorescence 4"-12" either dense or open spike-like cluster (raceme) of very short-stalked flowers |
| Leaf: | lance-like to linear, occurring only along the stem |
| Habitat: | wet; cold calcareous fens |
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