Native & Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia

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Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Uncommon (rare in GA)

Look for it in , other moist forests, seepages, bogs, per Weakley's Flora

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partial shade ...Wet ...Moist ...Variable

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, with bracts upward

FLOWER:
Summer
Lilac-lavender/ Pinkish-purple
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
Capsule

 

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
 Platanthera psycodes   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 049-03-003a:
 Habenaria psycodes var. psycodes   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
 Blephariglottis psycodes

 

COMMON NAME:
 Small Purple Fringed Orchid, Butterfly Orchid