Index / Search / Platanthera hookeri

§1 Plant

Platanthera hookeri (Torr. ex A. Gray) Lindl.

vernacular Hooker's orchid — species · Orchidaceae


USDA
PLHO3
GBIF
8574803
Rank
species
Hooker's orchid (Platanthera hookeri)
Platephotograph · allenwoodliffeCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§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

· 201 counties across 15 states/territories
Legend Native · 201 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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 201 counties across 15 states/territories.

Illinois view state ↗ 3 N
Indiana view state ↗ 3 N
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N
Maine view state ↗ 15 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 8 N
Michigan view state ↗ 24 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 18 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 4 N
New York view state ↗ 43 N
Ohio view state ↗ 5 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 19 N
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N
Vermont view state ↗ 12 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 34 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/PLHO3 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/8574803 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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