Habenaria orbiculata [Pursh.]Torr. 1826

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Common Name Round-Leafed Orchid or Heal All Orchid

Flower Size 3/4" [2 cm]

A medium sized, cold to cool growing terrestrial from Canada, Alaska and the northern US growing deep woods, swamps, in acid soil at altitudes around 450 meters, with 2 subopposite, broadly rounded leaves spread flat on the ground blooms on a terminal, erect, 1 to 2 1/2' [30 to 75 cm] long, many flowered, racemose inflorescence with fragrant flowers occuring in the summer and has the common name of Heal All.

Synonyms Habenaria orbiculata var. lehorsii Fernald 1950; *Orchis orbiculata Pursh. 1814; Platanthera menziesii Lindl. 1835; Platanthera orbiculata (Pursh) Lindl 1835; Platanthera orbiculata f. lehorsii (Fernald) P.M.Br. 1995; Platanthera orbiculata f. trifolia (Mousley) P.M.Br. 1995; Platanthera orbiculata var. lehorsii (Fernald) W.J.Schrenk 1977; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Schlechteriana Vol 4 No 4 1993 as Platanthera orbiculata

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