Platanthera oligantha Turcz. 1854

Plant and Flowers in situ Russia

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Common Name The Sparse Blooming Platanthera

Flower Size

Found in Norway, Sweden, Finland, eastern Russia, Tuva and Mongolia as a mini-minature sized, cold growing terrestrial with a basal, broadly lanceolate leaf that blooms in the summer on an erect, few to several flowered inflorescence.

CAUTION I have no way of verifying this determination so please use with caution!

Synonyms Lysiella obtusata subsp. oligantha (Turcz.) Tolm.1963; Lysiella oligantha (Turcz.) Nevski 1935; Platanthera obtusata subsp. oligantha (Turcz.) Hultén 1943; Platanthera parvula Schltr. 1918

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Fl. URSS 4: 663 Nevski 1935

Acta Univ. Lund., 2, 39(1): 481 Hulten 1943 as P obtusata subsp oligantha

Arktichesk. Fl. SSSR 4: 83 Tolm 1963 as Lysiella obtusata subsp oligantha

Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 4 193 to 256 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1973 as P parvula;

Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000 as Lysiella oligantha;

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