Platanthera chlorantha (Custer) Rchb.
  • Handb. Gewächsk. ed. 2 , 2: 1565 (1829) 
  • Greater butterfly-orchid


Cite taxon page as 'WFO (2023): Platanthera chlorantha (Custer) Rchb. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000274376. Accessed on: 04 Oct 2023'

Local Descriptions

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General Information

Plants 30-54 cm tall. Rootstock tuberous, ovoid-fusiform, 2-4 × 0.8-1.5 cm. Stem erect, with a tubular sheath at base, 2-leaved. Leaves basal, subopposite, spatulate-elliptic or oblanceolate-elliptic, 10-20 × 3-8 cm, gradually contracted and sheathing at base, apex obtuse or acute. Peduncle slender to robust, with 1-4 scattered, lanceolate bracts; rachis 7-23 cm, laxly to subdensely 9-32-flowered; floral bracts lanceolate, 10-22 mm, basal ones exceeding ovary, apex acuminate. Flowers fragrant, greenish white or white; pedicel and ovary arcuate, cylindric, 12-18 mm. Dorsal sepal erect, forming a hood with petals, ovate to orbicular-cordate, cymbiform, 5-7 × 5-6 mm, glabrous, 5-veined, apex obtuse; lateral sepals spreading, ovate, oblique, 7.5-8 × 4-4.5 mm, glabrous, 3-5-veined, apex acute. Petals narrowly ovate-lanceolate, oblique, 5-6 × 2.5-3 mm, 1-3-veined, apex acute; lip spreading to pendulous, ligulate, gradually tapering toward apex, 8-13 × ca. 2 mm, entire, apex obtuse; spur pendulous to spreading horizontally or sometimes arching upward, clavate-cylindric, 16-36 mm, exceeding ovary, conspicuously thickened toward apex, apex obtuse. Column stout; staminodes conspicuous; anther locules divergent; pollinia ellipsoid, with slender caudicles and orbicular viscidia; rostellum broad, tapelike; stigma lobes confluent, concave, lying directly below rostellum. Fl. Jun-Aug, fr. Jul-Sep. 2n = 42.

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    Morphology

    Ähnlich wie P. bifolia, aber Blüten grünlich-weiss, kaum duftend, Sporn gegen das Ende etwas verdickt (bei P. bifolia allmählich verjüngt). Fächer der Staubbeutel nach unten spreizend, kleinster Abstand 2–3 mm.

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    Ecology

    5–7. Wälder, Quellfluren, Flachmoore, kollin-subalpin. CH.

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    Flora of China @ efloras.orgGeneral Information

    Plants 30-54 cm tall. Rootstock tuberous, ovoid-fusiform, 2-4 × 0.8-1.5 cm. Stem erect, with a tubular sheath at base, 2-leaved. Leaves basal, subopposite, spatulate-elliptic or oblanceolate-elliptic, 10-20 × 3-8 cm, gradually contracted and sheathing at base, apex obtuse or acute. Peduncle slender to robust, with 1-4 scattered, lanceolate bracts; rachis 7-23 cm, laxly to subdensely 9-32-flowered; floral bracts lanceolate, 10-22 mm, basal ones exceeding ovary, apex acuminate. Flowers fragrant, greenish white or white; pedicel and ovary arcuate, cylindric, 12-18 mm. Dorsal sepal erect, forming a hood with petals, ovate to orbicular-cordate, cymbiform, 5-7 × 5-6 mm, glabrous, 5-veined, apex obtuse; lateral sepals spreading, ovate, oblique, 7.5-8 × 4-4.5 mm, glabrous, 3-5-veined, apex acute. Petals narrowly ovate-lanceolate, oblique, 5-6 × 2.5-3 mm, 1-3-veined, apex acute; lip spreading to pendulous, ligulate, gradually tapering toward apex, 8-13 × ca. 2 mm, entire, apex obtuse; spur pendulous to spreading horizontally or sometimes arching upward, clavate-cylindric, 16-36 mm, exceeding ovary, conspicuously thickened toward apex, apex obtuse. Column stout; staminodes conspicuous; anther locules divergent; pollinia ellipsoid, with slender caudicles and orbicular viscidia; rostellum broad, tapelike; stigma lobes confluent, concave, lying directly below rostellum. Fl. Jun-Aug, fr. Jul-Sep. 2n = 42.

    Flora Helvetica – Illustrierte Flora der SchweizMorphology

    Ähnlich wie P. bifolia, aber Blüten grünlich-weiss, kaum duftend, Sporn gegen das Ende etwas verdickt (bei P. bifolia allmählich verjüngt). Fächer der Staubbeutel nach unten spreizend, kleinster Abstand 2–3 mm.

    Ecology

    5–7. Wälder, Quellfluren, Flachmoore, kollin-subalpin. CH.

    Distribution Map

     
    • Native distribution
    Found in
    • Europe Northern Europe Ireland

    Synonyms

    Nationally Preferred Names

    NameLanguageCountry
    Greater butterfly-orchidEnglishIE
    Magairlín mór an fhéileacáinIrishIE

    Other Local Names

    NameLanguageCountry
    Platantera verdastraItalianCH
    Platanthère à fleurs verdâtresFrenchCH
    Platantera verdentaRaeto-RomanceCH
    Grünliches BreitkölbchenGermanCH

     Information From

    Flora Helvetica – Illustrierte Flora der Schweiz
    http://www.flora-helvetica.ch
    Flora Helvetica – Illustrierte Flora der Schweiz, Konrad Lauber, Gerhart Wagner, Andreas Gygax. Haupt Verlag 2018.
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    'Flora of China @ eFloras (2008). Published on the Internet http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=2 [accessed August 2016]' Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
    • B Missouri Botanical Garden
    Irish Vernacular Names
    https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/plant-science/plant-science/research-staff/article/380/wyse-jackson-peter-s.aspx
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    Orchidaceae
    https://powo.science.kew.org/
    World Flora Online Data. 2022.
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    Vahliaceae
    http://www.worldfloraonline.org/organisation/Vahliaceae
    World Flora Online Data. 2021.
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