Index / Search / Platanthera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora

§1 Plant

Platanthera sparsiflora (S. Watson) Schltr. var. sparsiflora

vernacular sparse-flowered bog orchid — variety · Orchidaceae


USDA
PLSPS
GBIF
2798333 syn.
Rank
variety
sparse-flowered bog orchid (Platanthera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora)
Platephotograph · no rights reservedCC0 · public domain 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

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 75 counties across 5 states/territories
Legend Native · 75 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 75 counties across 5 states/territories.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/PLSPS ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/2798333 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

fetched 2026-05-26T20:46:58Z