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Large Purple Fringed Orchid (Platanthera grandifora)
Image ID: 2017/gtwn107
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Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid)
Height: 2 to 4 ft.
Blooms: June to
August
Leaf Type:
smooth
Bloom Size: 1 in. (typical)
Flower Description:
Elongate clusters,
Regular blooms, parts
Location: Ghost Town Trail
Date: 6/21/2017
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Large Purple Fringed Orchid may be
easily confused with:
- Fireweed
Fireweed has four equal petals and very prominent stamens. The orchid has unequal petals which are prominently fringed.
We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've
grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.
