Platanthera ciliaris
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Photo Courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Platanthera ciliaris |
| Common name: | Yellow fringed orchid |
| Group: | monocot |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 1'-2 1/2' |
| Foliage: | yellow to orange |
| Flower: | 3/4 inch long, not including the long spur (spur usually 1" or more) |
| Flowering time: | Late July- late August |
| Habitat: | sandy, peaty bogs, dryish swales and slopes, usually acidic soil |
| Range in New Jersey: | Middle and Cape may district, casually northward, and occasional in the Pine Barrens |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | S2; Listed Pinelands |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | large spike of flowers, conspicuously fringed
lip. Spur is long, slender, 1" or more. |