FOIBIS

Species Details -
Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl.  

Accepted name: Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl.  
Synonym(s): -Blephariglottis   grandiflora   (Bigelow) Rydb.    
-Habenaria   psycodes     var. grandiflora  
-Habenaria   grandiflora   (Bigelow) Torr.    
-Habenaria   fimbriata   (Dryand.) R. Br.    
-Orchis   grandiflora   Bigelow    
English names: Large-flowered Purple-fringed Orchis
Early Purple-fringed Orchis
French names:
Classification: Kingdom:  Plantae
Divison:   Magnoliophyta
Class:   Liliopsida
Order:   Orchidales
Family:   Orchidaceae
OPL Code: HPLAGR
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998)
Lifeform: 2
Lifecycle: P
Source database: FOIBIS, June 2005-2012
Floristic Affinities: -
Distribution: -
Ecosystem:
Microhabitat:
Ethnobotanical Notes: Decoction of smashed, dried roots taken to frighten away ghosts(*8)(3).
Key Characters: -

Species Codes
NRVIS ID
39098
General Status
OMNR Status
COSEWIC
SRANK
S1
GRANK
G5
Med Flag
Bayer Codes
 


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