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Last updated 3/22/2021 by David Giblin.
Platanthera elegans Lindl. ssp. elegans[HC2]
elegant rein-orchid, hillside rein-orchid

Publication: Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 285. 1835.

Origin: Native

selected vouchers: WTU

Notes: Taxonomy follows FNA. A second subspecies is endemic to the Pt. Reyes Peninsula in California.

References: (none)


Photo © 2004 Ben Legler
(from WTU Image Collection)
Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Habenaria greenei Jeps.[HC]
Habenaria unalascensis (Spreng.) S. Watson var. maritima (Greene) Correll
Piperia elegans (Lindl.) Rydb. ssp. elegans[FNA26]
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