Platanthera hookeri (Torr.) Lindl. 1835
Photos by © Carl Luer
Drawing by © Gordon W Dillon
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Common Name Hooker's Platanthera [English Botanist 1800's]
Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]
Found in Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Islands, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Minnesota, Wisconson, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsyvania, New York, New Jersey, Conneticutt, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine in drier mixed, coniferous forests as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with 2, opposite, basal, elliptic to orbicular, fleshy green leaves that blooms in the later spring and summer on an erect, to 16" [40 cm] long, laxly to densely, to 50 flowered inflorescence carrying fragrant flowers.
Synonyms *Habenaria hookeri Torr. 1835; Habenaria hookeri var. abbreviata Fernald 1933; Habenaria hookeri var. oblongifolia Paine 1867; Habenaria hookeriana Lindl. 1835; Habenaria oblongifolia (C.N.Paine) G.G.Niles 1904; Lysias hookeriana (Lindl.) Rydb. 1901; Orchis hookeri (Torr.) Alph.Wood 1870; Orchis hookeriana (Lindl.) Oakes 1842; Platanthera hookeri f. abbreviata (Fernald) P.M.Br. 1995; Platanthera hookeri f. oblongifolia (C.N.Paine) P.M.Br. 2006; Platanthera hookeri var. abbreviata (Fernald) W.J.Schrenk 1977; Platanthera hookeri var. oblongifolia C.N.Paine 1865
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 229 Torr. 1835 as Habenaria hookeri
* Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 286 Lindley 1835
Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 286 Lindley 1835 as Habenaria hookeriana
Cat. Vermont Pl.: 27 Oakes 1842 as Orchis hookeriana
Rep. (Annual) New York State Cab. 18: 135 C N Paine 1865 as P hookeri var oblongifolia
Manual, ed. 5: 501 Paine 1867 as Habernaria hookeri var oblongifolia
Amer. Bot. Fl.: 327 Alph Wood 1870 as Orchis hookeri
Man. Fl. N. States: 295 Rybd 1901 Lysias hookeriana
Bog-Trott. Orch.: 250 G G Niles 1904 as Habenaria oblongifolia
Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 4: 135 Ames 1910 as Habenaria hookeri;
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915Z;
Rhodora 35: 239 Fernald 1933 as Habenaria hookeri var abbreviastysa;
Native Orchids of North America: 76 Correll 1950 as Habenaria hookeri
Native Orchids of North America: 77 Correll 1950 as Habenaria hookeri drawing fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 33 No 5 1964 as Habenaria hookeri photo fide;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965;
The Native Orchids of the United States and Canada Luer 1975 drawing/photos fide;
Orchidee (Hamburg) 28: 69 W J Schrenk okeri var abbreviata
Schlechteriana Vol 4 No 4 1993;
N Amer. Native Orchid J. 1: 14 P M Br 1995 as P hookeri f abbreviata
Orchid Digest Vol 63 #2 1999 as P hookeri var abbreviata photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 9 2003 photo fide;
Orchidee (Hamburg) 28: 69 P M Br 1977 as hookeri f oblogifolia
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