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Platanthera leucophaea (prairie white fringed orchid)

Synonyms: Blephariglotis leucophaea; Blephariglottis leucophaea (homotypic); Fimbriella leucophaea (homotypic); Habenaria leucophaea (homotypic); Orchis leucophaea (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Platanthera leucophaea, commonly known as the prairie white fringed orchid or Eastern prairie fringed orchid, is a rare species of orchid native to North America. It is listed as a threatened species in the United States on September 28, 1989. The IUCN does not currently recognize it as being at risk.
View Wikipedia Record: Platanthera leucophaea

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Herb

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Bruce Peninsula National Park II   Ontario, Canada
Edwin S. George Reserve 1297 Michigan, United States
Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve 470167 Ontario, Canada  
Upper Miss. River Nat'l Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge VI 25823 Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States

Providers

Pollinated by 
Chaerocampa tersa <Unverified Name>[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0