Index / Search / Platanthera obtusata
§1 Plant
Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl.
vernacular bluntleaved orchid — species · Orchidaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Orchidaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Platanthera
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
County-level range
· 160 counties across 16 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 160 counties across 16 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 17 N ▾
- Aleutians East 02013
- Anchorage 02020
- Bethel 02050
- Chugach 02063
- Copper River 02066
- Denali 02068
- Fairbanks North Star 02090
- Kenai Peninsula 02122
- Kodiak Island 02150
- Lake and Peninsula 02164
- Matanuska-Susitna 02170
- Nome 02180
- North Slope 02185
- Northwest Arctic 02188
- Southeast Fairbanks 02240
- Yakutat 02282
- Yukon-Koyukuk 02290
Colorado view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Alpena 26007
- Baraga 26013
- Benzie 26019
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Houghton 26061
- Iosco 26069
- Kalkaska 26079
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Marquette 26103
- Menominee 26109
- Missaukee 26113
- Montmorency 26119
- Ogemaw 26129
- Oscoda 26135
- Otsego 26137
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
Minnesota view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 19 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PLOB ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2798436 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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