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Platanthera purpurascens

(Rydb.) Sheviak & Jennings

Purple-petal Bog Orchid

GNRUnranked Found in 11 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1004782
Element CodePMORC1Y1G0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusProvisional
Name CategoryVascular Plant
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassMonocotyledoneae
OrderOrchidales
FamilyOrchidaceae
GenusPlatanthera
Concept Reference
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2002a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 26. Magnoliophyta: Liliidae: Liliales and Orchidales. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxvi + 723 pp.
Taxonomic Comments
Kartesz (1994) included Platanthera hyperborea var. purpurascens in P. stricta. Kartesz (1999) and Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002) recognize P. purpurascens as a distinct species (following Sheviak and Jennings 1997).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
ColoradoS3Yes
WyomingS1Yes
CaliforniaSNRYes
ArizonaS2Yes
New MexicoSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (11)
Colorado (1)
AreaForestAcres
Comanche Peak Adjacent AreaArapaho & Roosevelt NFs44,158
New Mexico (7)
AreaForestAcres
Black CanyonSanta Fe National Forest1,922
Columbine - Hondo Wilderness Study AreaCarson National Forest43,739
PecosCarson National Forest13,436
Pecos WS RiverSanta Fe National Forest5,396
Tesuque CreekSanta Fe National Forest810
Thompson PeakSanta Fe National Forest33,001
Wheeler Peak WildernessCarson National Forest2,677
Wyoming (3)
AreaForestAcres
East Fork EncampmentMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest7,445
Encampment River AdditionMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest4,996
Middle ForkMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest13,238
References (4)
  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2002a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 26. Magnoliophyta: Liliidae: Liliales and Orchidales. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxvi + 723 pp.
  2. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  3. Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
  4. Sheviak, C.J. and W.F. Jennings. 1997. Platanthera purpurascens. North American Native Orchid Journal. 3(4):444-449.