Index / Search / Platanthera flava
§1 Plant
Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl.
vernacular palegreen orchid — species · Orchidaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Orchidaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Platanthera
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 468 counties across 33 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 468 counties across 33 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Ballard 21007
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Casey 21045
- Christian 21047
- Clinton 21053
- Estill 21065
- Franklin 21073
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lincoln 21137
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Ohio 21183
- Powell 21197
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Bay 26017
- Cass 26027
- Cheboygan 26031
- Eaton 26045
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Huron 26063
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Leelanau 26089
- Livingston 26093
- Macomb 26099
- Monroe 26115
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Ottawa 26139
- Saginaw 26145
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 20 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Fulton 36035
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Saratoga 36091
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
North Carolina view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Cannon 47015
- Chester 47023
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Crockett 47033
- Dyer 47045
- Fayette 47047
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Marshall 47117
- McNairy 47109
- Obion 47131
- Roane 47145
- Sequatchie 47153
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Warren 47177
- Weakley 47183
- White 47185
Texas view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Campbell 51031
- Chesterfield 51041
- Fairfax 51059
- Floyd 51063
- Giles 51071
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- King William 51101
- Madison 51113
- New Kent 51127
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince George 51149
- Pulaski 51155
- Rockbridge 51163
- Scott 51169
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
West Virginia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Dane 55025
- Door 55029
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jefferson 55055
- La Crosse 55063
- Lincoln 55069
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Richland 55103
- Sauk 55111
- Taylor 55119
- Walworth 55127
- Waukesha 55133
- Waushara 55137
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PLFL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2798014 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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