Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Platanthera from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera nivea   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Platanthera nivea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-009:
Habenaria nivea   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gymnadeniopsis nivea

COMMON NAME:
Snowy Orchid, Bog-spike

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_gyni2_001_lvd

        

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_platanthera_nivea

March        

Lip uppermost (flowers not resupinate), per Weakley's Flora (2022).

Jim Fowler    jafgymnnive_single030621

June    Charlton County    GA

Flowers so white as to seem illuminated from within, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

Jim Fowler    jafgymnnivea_group030621

June    Charlton County    GA

Once locally abundant in the Carolinas' outer Coastal Plain, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_platanthera_nivea_c

August        

Spur 10-18mm long, borne horizontally, and in side view of the inflorescence crossing the rachis, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Platanthera nivea   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera nivea   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Platanthera nivea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-009:
Habenaria nivea   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gymnadeniopsis nivea