Index / Search / Platanthera nivea
§1 Plant
Platanthera nivea (Nutt.) Luer
vernacular snowy 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 118 counties across 12 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 118 counties across 12 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Nassau 12089
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 9 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PLNI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2797926 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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