Habenaria psycodes (L.) Spreng.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Orchidaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Stem stout, 3–15 dm; lower lvs lanceolate or oval, the upper much reduced and narrow; infl cylindric, dense; fls rose-purple (white); sep broadly oval to obovate; lateral pet oblong-spatulate, finely toothed, about equaling the sep; lip very broad, deeply 3-parted, each lobe broadly flabellate, deeply toothed or shortly fringed, the teeth shorter than the body of the lobe, the terminal lobe scarcely clawed, not notched at the center. Wet meadows and wet open woods; Nf. to n. Man., s. to Del., Md., Ky., Ind., and Nebr., and along the mts. to N.C. and Tenn. June–Aug. Two well marked but intergradient vars. of nearly coextensive range, partly isolated by differences in pollinators.
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Common Names
purple fringed orchid