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Scientific classification
Genus:	Platanthera
Species:	peramoena
Synonyms
Habenaria peramoena (A.Gray) A.Gray Orchis peramoena (A.Gray) Alph.Wood Blephariglottis peramoena (A.Gray) Rydb. in N.L.Britton Fimbriella peramoena (A.Gray) Butzin Ophrys fimbriata Walter Platanthera bigelovii Alph.Wood Platanthera fissa auct. non (Muhl. ex Willd.) Lindl. Habenaria psycodes var. fernaldii J.Rousseau & Rouleau Habenaria psycodes f. leucophaeopsis B.Boivin Habenaria psycodes f. nivalis F.Seym. Platanthera peramoena f. doddsiae P.M.Br. Platanthera psycodes f. fernaldii (J.Rousseau & Rouleau) P.M.Br. Blephariglottis peramoena f. doddsiae (P.M.Br.) Baumbach & P.M.Br. Blephariglottis psycodes f. fernaldii (J.Rousseau & Rouleau) Baumbach & P.M.Br.

Platanthera peramoena, the purple fringeless orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family. It is native to the Eastern United States, where it is found from the Mid-Atlantic states, the Ohio Valley and the Ozark Mountains. Its natural habitat is moist forests, marshes, and on streambanks.

It produces purple flowers in the summer. The moth Hemaris thysbe is considered its main pollinator.

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