Kingdom Plantae Family Orchidaceae Genus Platanthera | Order Asparagales Subfamily Orchidoideae Rank Species | |
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Similar Platanthera grandiflora, Platanthera flava, Platanthera lacera, Platanthera psycodes, Platanthera nivea | ||
Platanthera peramoena, the purple fringeless orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family. It is native to the Eastern United States, where it is found from the Mid-Atlantic states, the Ohio Valley and the Ozark Mountains. Its natural habitat is moist forests, marshes, and on streambanks.
It produces purple flowers in the summer.
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Platanthera peramoena Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA