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Platanthera macrophylla (Goldie) P.M. Brown. Subgenus: Platanthera. Section: Lysias. Common name: Dinner-plate Orchid. Phenology: Jun-Aug. Habitat: Moist forests. Distribution: NF west to ON, south to PA and MI.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, FNA26, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, Brown (2002); = Habenaria macrophylla Goldie — F; = Habenaria orbiculata (Pursh) Hook. var. macrophylla (Goldie) B.Boivin — C; = Lysias macrophylla (Goldie) House; = Platanthera orbiculata (Pursh) Lindl. var. macrophylla (Goldie) Luer — NS, POWO. Basionym: Habenaria macrophylla Goldie 1882

Links to other floras: = Platanthera macrophylla - FNA26

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 1

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