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slender-spire orchid
Platanthera unalascensis
Platanthera unalascensis
slender-spire orchid Orchid Family
Platanthera unalascensis Orchidaceae
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common names
  slender-spire orchid
  Alaska piperia
accepted scientific name
  •Platanthera unalascensis (Spreng.) Kurtz
rules for finding collection records
  Habenaria unalascensis (178)
  Piperia unalascensis (1078)
  Platanthera unalascensis (863)
family name
  • Orchidaceae
Image Author: ©20145 Susan McDougall, Trees Live Here.
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: Six petals, Irregularly shaped flowers
Petal colors: color color
Flower size is .4 to .5 inches
Leaf: Basal
Plant Observed beginning of May thru 1st week of September

Plant Showiness (45%)
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Native Plant Status
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