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northern green orchid
Platanthera aquilonis
Platanthera aquilonis
northern green orchid Orchid Family
Platanthera aquilonis Orchidaceae
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common names
  northern green orchid
  northern bog orchid
accepted scientific name
  •Platanthera aquilonis Sheviak
rules for finding collection records
  Platanthera aquilonis (1972)
  Habenaria hyperborea (993)
  Limnorchis hyperborea (22)
  Platanthera hyperborea (1551)
family name
  • Orchidaceae
Image Author: ©Al Schneider
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: Six petals, Irregularly shaped flowers
Petal colors: color color color
Flower size is about 0.5 inches
Leaf: Alternate
Plant Observed beginning of June thru 2nd week of September

Plant Showiness (45%)
The name Platanthera hyperborea is an Icelandic tetraploid species long confused with Platanthera aquilonis according to www.eFloras.org. Plants once collected as P. hyperborea have been included in this page since this page does not cover Iceland.
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