Platanthera blephariglottis (Willdenow) Lindley. Subgenus: Blephariglottis. Section: Blephariglottis. Small White Fringed Orchid. Phen: Jul-Sep. Hab: Seepages, sandhill-pocosin ecotones. Dist: NL (Newfoundland) west to MI and IL, south to GA.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Following Brown (2006b), it seems best to recognize the two white-fringed orchids as separate species; they are morphologically distinctive, and where they co-occur their blooming times are offset.

Synonymy: = K3, K4, Mi, Va; = Blephariglottis albiflora Raf.; = Blephariglottis blephariglottis (Willd.) Rydb. – S, possibly misapplied; = Habenaria blephariglottis (Willd.) Hook. var. blephariglottis – C, F, Correll (1950), possibly misapplied; = Platanthera blephariglottis (Willd.) Lindl. var. blephariglottis – FNA26, K1, NE, NY, Pa, Luer (1975); < Habenaria blephariglottis (Willd.) Hook. – GW1; < Habenaria blephariglottis (Willd.) Hook. var. blephariglottis – RAB; < Platanthera blephariglottis (Willd.) Lindl. – Il, W, Efimov (2016)

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