Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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

(?) 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, 1938)
Lysias orbiculata

COMMON NAME:
Large Round-leaved Orchid, Dinner-plate Orchid

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lyor_001_lvd

        

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_p_orbiculata

June    Wautauga County    NC

Flowering scape arises between a pair of distinctive flat rounded basal lvs, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition.

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, 1938)
Lysias orbiculata