Greater purple fringed orchid facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Greater purple fringed orchid
Flower of Platanthera grandiflora
Conservation status
Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Genus:	Platanthera
Species:	grandiflora
Synonyms
Orchis grandiflora Bigelow (basionym) Orchis fimbriata Dryand. Habenaria fimbriata (Dryand.) R.Br. Habenaria grandiflora (Bigelow) Torr. ex L.C.Beck Platanthera fimbriata (Dryand.) Lindl. Habenaria fimbriata f. albiflora E.L.Rand & Redfield Blephariglottis grandiflora (Bigelow) Rydb. Fimbriella psycodes var. grandiflora (Bigelow) Butzin Habenaria fimbriata f. mentotonsa Fernald Platanthera grandiflora f. albiflora (E.L.Rand & Redfield) Catling Platanthera grandiflora f. mentotonsa (Fernald) P.M.Br. Platanthera grandiflora f. bicolor P.M.Br. Platanthera grandiflora f. carnea P.M.Br.

Platanthera grandiflora, the greater purple fringed orchid, is a species of orchid, genus Platanthera, occurring from Ontario to Newfoundland, south along the Appalachian Mountains to northeastern Georgia, with an isolated population in Illinois. It is imperiled in Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina.

See also

In Spanish: Platanthera grandiflora para niños