Index / Search / Platanthera sparsiflora
§1 Plant
Platanthera sparsiflora (S. Watson) Schltr.
vernacular sparse-flowered bog 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 103 counties across 8 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 103 counties across 8 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 6 N ▾
California view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Alpine 06003
- Amador 06005
- Butte 06007
- Calaveras 06009
- Del Norte 06015
- El Dorado 06017
- Fresno 06019
- Glenn 06021
- Humboldt 06023
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Lassen 06035
- Los Angeles 06037
- Madera 06039
- Mariposa 06043
- Mendocino 06045
- Modoc 06049
- Mono 06051
- Nevada 06057
- Placer 06061
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- Santa Clara 06085
- Shasta 06089
- Sierra 06091
- Siskiyou 06093
- Sonoma 06097
- Tehama 06103
- Trinity 06105
- Tulare 06107
- Tuolumne 06109
- Ventura 06111
Colorado view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PLSP2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2798333 ↗Record version
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