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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Orchidaceae
Platanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl.
eastern prairie fringed orchid, prairie white fringed orchid
Platanthera: from the Greek for "flat" and "flower," hence "wide or flat anthered"
leucophaea: from Latin leuco meaning "white" and phaea meaning "dusky" or like a whitish powder resembling ashes
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| Status: | Endangered (Federally Threatened) |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 16"-40" tall forb |
| Flower: | white, 6-parted, 1" long, lips deeply 3-lobed and long-fringed 1/3 to 1/2 the length, petals oblong and toothed; inflorescence a 3"-8" cylindrical, spike-like cluster of almost stalkless flowers; blooms June-July |
| Leaf: | lower lance-like to linear, upper much smaller |
| Habitat: | wet; meadows, prairies |
| (Glossary) |
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