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white bog orchid
Platanthera dilatata
Platanthera dilatata
white bog orchid Orchid Family
Platanthera dilatata Orchidaceae
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common names
  white bog orchid
  white rein orchid
accepted scientific name
  •Platanthera dilatata (Pursh) Lindl. ex L.C. Beck
rules for finding collection records
  Habenaria dilatata (1218)
  Platanthera dilatata (8235)
  Platanthera leucostachys (571)
family name
  • Orchidaceae
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: Six petals, Irregularly shaped flowers
Petal colors: color
Flower size is 0.3 to 0.5 inches
Leaf: Alternate
Plant Observed beginning of June thru 1st week of September

Plant Showiness (54%)
P. leucostachys (Sierra bog orchid) is a variety of P. dilatata
base map where plant found
mag select

Wetland
Riparian
Meadow
Forest
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