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Orchidaceae
Platanthera

not marked as a favorite taxon Platanthera flava (Linnaeus) Lindley var. flava. Common name: Southern Rein Orchid, Southern Gypsy-spike. Phenology: Mar-Oct; Jul-Nov. Habitat: Shaded wet places, such as swampy forests. Distribution: NJ, IN, IL, MO, and OK, south to c. peninsular FL and e. TX; remarkably disjunct in s. NS, where it occurs associated with other disjuncts from the Southeastern Coastal Plain. Reported for MD (Longbottom, Naczi, & Knapp 2016).

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Subgenus: Tulotis.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: See Homoya (1993) for additional discussion of the two taxa usually treated as varieties of P. flava.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, ETx1, FNA26, Il, K4, Mo1, NS, POWO, Tn, Va, Brown (2002), Efimov (2016), Luer (1975); = Habenaria flava (L.) R.Br. — Tx; = Habenaria flava (L.) R.Br. var. flava — Ar, C, F, G, RAB, Correll (1950); = Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl.; = Tulotis flava (L.) Senghas; < Habenaria flava (L.) R.Br. — GW1, Tat; > Perularia bidentata (Elliott) Small — S, S13; > Perularia scutellata (Nutt.) Small — S, S13; < Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl. — WH3; Orchis flava Linnaeus. Basionym: Orchis flava L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Platanthera flava var. flava - FNA26

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (name change)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (name change)
  • Great Plains: FACW (name change)
  • Midwest: FACW (name change)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (name change)

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image #1 of Platanthera flava var. flava© Alan Cressler: Platanthera flava var. flava, Mud Creek, Floyd County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source
image #2 of Platanthera flava var. flava© Alan M. Cressler
image #3 of Platanthera flava var. flava© Alan Cressler: Platanthera flava, Mud Creek, Floyd County, Georgia 5 by Alan Cressler source
image #4 of Platanthera flava var. flava© Paul Marcum source
image #5 of Platanthera flava var. flava© Floyd A. Griffith
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image #9 of Platanthera flava var. flava© Bruce Sorrie
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