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Photographer: R.K. Kupfer
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Family Orchidaceae
Platanthera lacera (Michx.) G.Don
green fringed orchid, ragged fringed orchid
Platanthera: from the Greek for "flat" and "flower," hence "wide or flat anthered"
lacera: slashed
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 12"-32" tall forb |
| Flower: | white to greenish-white, 6-parted, 1/2"-3/4" long, lips 3-lobed and fringed almost to the base, petals linear and not toothed; inflorescence a 2"-6" usually compact, spike-like cluster with many almost stalkless flowers; blooms June-Aug. |
| Leaf: | lower lance-like to oval; upper much smaller, nearly linear |
| Habitat: | sun; wet; meadows, roadsides, bogs |
| (Glossary) |
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