2853

Forb

Native to North Carolina

Documented growing wild in - NC -

Uncommon (rare in Piedmont)

Look for it in moist hardwood forests, esp over amphibolite, per Weakley's Flora

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...Moist

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (1-2)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish-white
Pedicel 1.5-2.5cm long
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!

• Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p084
• Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p048
• Wildflowers of Tennessee p403
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p462
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p027

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Platanthera orbiculata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera orbiculata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Platanthera orbiculata var. orbiculata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-007:
Habenaria orbiculata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Lysias orbiculata