Platanthera integra
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Photo Courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Platanthera integra |
| Common name: | Yellow fringeless orchid |
| Group: | monocot |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 15 - 20" |
| Foliage: | Middle of the stem with small, narrow, pointed leaves. Bottom leaves similar but larger. |
| Flower: | yellow to orange, no fringe, more delicate than P. ciliaris or P. cristata |
| Flowering time: | mid-July to mid August |
| Habitat: | open acid bogs and pine barrens on coastal plain |
| Range in New Jersey: | Pine Barrens swamps. Very rare. |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | State Endangered; Ranked S1; Listed Pinelands |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | USDA
lists as a wetland obligate:
Occurs almost always (estimated probability 99%) under natural
conditions in wetlands. This orchid was rare even in Stone's time: "All our efforts to find this orchid have failed, although likely spots in the Pine Barrens have been diligently searched." Species name, integra, means "entire", from the lip of the flower, which is not fringed, but "entire". |