Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Platanthera peramoena
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera peramoena
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-004:
Habenaria peramoena
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Blephariglottis peramoena
COMMON NAME:
Purple Fringeless Orchid, Purple Spire Orchid, Pride-of-the-peak
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Jim Fowler jafpperamoena_1
July NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Raceme densely or loosely flowered, cylindrical, bracteate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_peramoena_2
July
Lip petal split into 3 widely spreading lobes, margin serrated not fringed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Platanthera peramoena
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera peramoena
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-004:
Habenaria peramoena
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Blephariglottis peramoena