Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid
Platanthera psycodes
Summary 5
Platanthera psycodes, commonly called lesser purple fringed orchid or small purple-fringed orchid, is a species of orchid, genus Platanthera, occurring from eastern Canada (from Manitoba to Newfoundland) to the east-central and northeastern United States (Great Lakes Region, Appalachian Mountains, and New England). It is imperiled in Illinois, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Kentucky.
National distribution 6
Canada
Origin: NativeRegularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
United States
Origin: NativeRegularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Sources and Credits
- (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://eol.org/media/7851718
- (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://eol.org/media/7851717
- (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://eol.org/media/6851300
- (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://eol.org/media/6851301
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platanthera_psycodes
- (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/29032544
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- floral study of purple fringed orchids
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- Go Botany
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Journal post w/ illustrations: psycodes vs. grandiflora
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- VASCAN by Canadensys
- World Flora Online
