!Platanthera bifolia (Linne) L.C.M. Richard 1817
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Common Name The Two-Leafed Platanthera - The Lesser Butterfly Orchid
Flower Size 3/4" [2 cm]
Found in all parts of Europe as well as in Morocco as a cold growing terrestrial orchid that blooms in the late spring and early summer on an erect, terminal, 1 3/4' [50 cm] long, simply racemose, laxly many flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Conopsidium platantherum Wallr. 1840; Conopsidium stenantherum Wallr. 1840 ; Gymnadenia bifolia G.F.W. Meyer 1836; Habenaria bifolia (L.) R. Br. 1813; Habenaria chloroleuca Ridl. 1885; Habenaria fornicata Bab. 1836; Habenaria virescens Druce 1907; Lysias bifolia Salisb. 1812; Orchis alba Lam. 1795; *Orchis bifolia Linne 1763; Orchis bifolia var. major Besser 1809; Orchis ochroleuca Ten. 1826; Orchis paucifolia Gaterau 1789; Orchis platanthera (Wallr.) E.H.L.Krause 1905; Orchis stenanthera (Wallr.) E.H.L.Krause 1905; Platanthera bifolia f. angustifolia Potonié 1912; Platanthera bifolia f. latiflora (Drejer) Asch. & Graebn. 1907; Platanthera bifolia f. trifoliata (Thielens) Pauca & A.Nyár. 1972; Platanthera bifolia subsp. atropatanica B.Baumann & al. 2003; Platanthera bifolia subsp. graciliflora Bisse 1963; Platanthera bifolia subsp. latiflora (Drejer) Lřjtnant 1978; Platanthera bifolia var. subalpina Brügger 1884; Platanthera brachyglossa Rchb. 1831; Platanthera lancifolia (Rohlena) A.W.Hill 1926; Platanthera major (Besser) Linding. 1928; Platanthera montana var. lancifolia Rohlena 1905; Platanthera pervia Peterm. 1846; Platanthera schuriana Fuss 1868; Platanthera solstitialis Boenningh. 1830; Platanthera solstitialis var. latiflora Drejer 1842; Platanthera solstitialis var. trifoliata Thielens 1894; Platanthera subalpina Brügger 1886; Platanthera viricimaculata Kraenzl. 1899; Platanthera wankelii Rchb. 1842; Satyrium bifolium (L.) Wahlenb. 1840; Sieberia bifolia (L.) Spreng. 1817
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