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Green fringed-orchid

Platanthera lacera at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Platanthera
Species:	P. lacera
Binomial name
*Platanthera lacera* (Michx.) G.Don
Synonyms
Habenaria lacera (Michx.) R.Br. Orchis lacera Michx.

Platanthera lacera is an orchid in the genus Platanthera, native throughout Eastern United States and Canada. It occurs in a variety of habitats ranging from “mesic and dry-mesic sand prairie, wet sedge meadow, calcareous fen, sphagnum bog, acid seep spring, dry field, mesic flatwoods, and mesic upland forests.”^[1] Common names include ragged fringed orchid and green fringed orchid.

Identification

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It is a perennial growing 20 to 77 centimeters (8 to 30+1⁄3 in) tall. 2 to 7 lanceolate to narrow elliptic leaves should be present. The inflorescence is a terminal racemic structure, 4 to 25 centimeters (1+1⁄2 to 9+3⁄4 in) long with 15 to 60 whitish-green flowers.^[1]

Pollination

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The flowers are fragrant at night and are pollinated by crepuscular moths.

References

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^ ^a ^b Homoya, M.A. (1993). "Platanthera lacera". Orchids of Indiana. Indianapolis, IN; Indiana Academy of Science, p. 169.

Taxon identifiers

Platanthera lacera

Orchis lacera

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Green-fringed Orchid

Platanthera lacera (Michaux) G. Don

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