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 Crested Fringed Orchid from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Platanthera cristata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera cristata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-015:
Habenaria cristata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Blephariglottis cristata
COMMON NAME:
Crested Fringed Orchid, Golden Fringed Orchid
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_blcr2_001_lvd
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July-August Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Flowers about half the size of P. ciliaris, with less extensive fringing, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Jim Fowler jafpcr_0009b
July-August Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
The fringe always seems to look curled or twisted, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.