Greater purple fringed orchid | |
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Flower of Platanthera grandiflora | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
Genus: | Platanthera |
Species: | P. grandiflora
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Binomial name | |
Platanthera grandiflora | |
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Platanthera grandiflora, the greater purple fringed orchid, [1] is a species of orchid, genus Platanthera, occurring from Ontario to Newfoundland, south along the Appalachian Mountains to northeastern Georgia, with an isolated population in Illinois. [2] [3] It is imperiled in Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina and presumed extirpated in Ohio. [4]