Biology:Platanthera peramoena
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Short description: Species of orchid
| Purple fringeless orchid | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Genus: | Platanthera |
| Species: | P. peramoena
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| Binomial name | |
| Platanthera peramoena (A.Gray) A.Gray
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Platanthera peramoena, the purple fringeless orchid,[2] 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.[1] Its natural habitat is moist forests, marshes, and on streambanks.[3]
It produces purple flowers in the summer.[4] The moth Hemaris thysbe is considered its main pollinator.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ "Platanthera peramoena". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PLPE. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ↑ "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States". http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm.
- ↑ Flora of North America, Platanthera peramoena
- ↑ Charles L. Argue (2011). The Pollination Biology of North American Orchids: Volume 1. Springer. ISBN 1461405920.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q15436673 entry
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