Species

Platanthera elongata (Denseflower rein orchid)

Platanthera elongata. Photo: (c) Dan and Raymond, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

Piperia elongata is a species of orchid known by the common names denseflower rein orchid, chaparral orchid and wood rein-orchid. It is native to western North America from British Columbia and Montana to southern California, where it grows in mountain forests and scrub habitat. This orchid grows erect to about 1.3 meters in maximum height from a bulbous caudex, its stem becoming narrow toward the tip. The basal leaves are up to 30 centimeters long by…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Liliopsida (Monocots)
        Order: Asparagales (Agaves, orchids, irises, and allies)
        Family: Orchidaceae (Orchids)
        Subfamily: Orchidoideae (Orchidoid orchids)
        Tribe: Orchideae
        Subtribe: Orchidinae
        Genus: Platanthera (Bog orchids)
        Section: Piperia (Rein orchids)
        Species: Platanthera elongata (Denseflower rein orchid)

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