Index / Search / Platanthera flava var. flava
§1 Plant
Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl. var. flava
vernacular palegreen orchid — variety · Orchidaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Orchidaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Platanthera
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 192 counties across 20 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 192 counties across 20 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Casey 21045
- Christian 21047
- Hardin 21093
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Letcher 21133
- Lincoln 21137
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Ohio 21183
- Powell 21197
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 6 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
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PLFLF ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2798017 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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