Platanthera stricta Lindl. 1835 Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding

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Common Name Slender Bog Orchid - Thr Rigid Platanthera

Flower Size about 3/8" [1 cm]

Found in the western US and Canada as a cold to cool growing terrestrial where it blooms on a stout, leafy, 3/4 to 2 1/4' [20 to 70 cm] long, loosely many flowered, racemose inflorescence with fragrant flowers. May be cospecific with Habenaria saccata.

Synonyms Habenaria borealis var. viridiflora Cham. 1828; Habenaria gracilis Schltr. 1925; Habenaria neomexicana Tidestr. in I.Tidestrom & T.Kittell 1941; Habenaria purpurascens (Rydb.) Tidestr. in I.Tidestrom & T.Kittell 1941; Habenaria septentrionalis Tidestr. 1941; Habenaria stricta (Lindl.) Rydb. 1897; Limnorchis gracilis (Lindl.) Rydb. 1901; Limnorchis stricta (Lindl.) Rydb. 1900; Limnorchis purpurascens Rydb. 1901; Limnorchis viridiflora (Cham.) Rydb. 1901; Orchis dolichorhiza Fisch. ex Lindl. 1835; Platanthera dilatata var. gracilis Ledeb. 1852; Platanthera dolichorrhiza (Fisch. ex Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1851; Platanthera gracilis Lindl 1835; Platanthera gracilis (Ledeb.) Kraenzl. 1899; Platanthera hyperborea var. gracilis (Lindl.) Luer 1975; Platanthera hyperborea var. purpurascens (Rydb.) Luer 1975; Platanthera hyperborea var. viridiflora (Cham.) Luer 1975; Platanthera purpurascens (Rydb.) Sheviak & W.F.Jenn. 1997

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