Species

Platanthera dilatata (White bog orchid)

Platanthera dilatata. Photo: (c) Jenifer Shapland, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Platanthera dilatata, known as tall white bog orchid, bog candle, or boreal bog orchid is a species of orchid, a flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to North America. It was first formally described in 1813 by Frederick Traugott Pursh as Orchis dilatata.

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)
        Species: Platanthera dilatata (White bog orchid)
        Variety: Platanthera dilatata leucostachys (Sierra bog orchid)

Subtaxa

Variety: Platanthera dilatata leucostachys (Sierra bog orchid)

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