Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Platanthera integra
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may enjoy reading Orchids of the Francis Marion National Forest by Jim Fowler.
Learn more about Yellow Fringeless Orchid from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera integra
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-008:
Habenaria integra
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gymnadeniopsis integra
COMMON NAME:
Yellow Fringeless Orchid, Golden Frog Orchid, Golden Fringeless Orchid
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gyin2_001_lvd
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Jim Fowler jafgymintegra_1050814
August Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
Lip petal with tiny rounded teeth (not fringed), per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Jim Fowler jafgymintegra_2050814
August Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
Inflorescence a small, dense, cylindric or conical raceme, 1.5" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Platanthera integra
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera integra
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-008:
Habenaria integra
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gymnadeniopsis integra
2138
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare, essentially endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Look for it in savannas in the Coastal Plain, bogs in the Mountains & Piedmont, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, with floral bracts upward
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Lemon-orange/Dull orange
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
3 sepals, two lateral and one dorsal
3 petals, the two lateral similar and a third (the lip) enlarged
stamens and pistil fused together into a column
Inferior ovary
Raceme
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p228
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p198
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p268
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p221
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p185
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p175
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History p072
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p400
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p460