| Accepted name: |
Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Blephariglottis psycodes (L.) Rydb.
-Habenaria psycodes (L.) Spreng.
-Orchis fimbriata Aiton
-Orchis psycodes L.
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| English names: |
Smaller Purple-fringed Orchis
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| French names: |
Habénaire papillon
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Orchidales
Family: Orchidaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HPLAPS
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Infusion of single root and flowers given to young children for cramps. Infusion of root taken as a parturition medicine. Infusion of single root and flowers given to young children for cramps(*8)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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