Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Genus: Platanthera (Fringed Orchid)
Platanthera bifolia (L.) Rich. - Lesser Butterfly-Orchid
Platanthera chlorantha (Custer) Rchb. - Greater Butterfly-Orchid
20–60 cm tall. inflorescence: loosely flowered. flowers: spurred, greenish to yellowish or whitish. lip: undivided, mostly pointing downwards, narrow. spur: filiform, often club-shaped at the apex, 20–40 mm long, at least as long as the ovary. filaments: short or abs...
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
perennial herbaceous vegetation, forests, shrubbery, bogs, sedge-lands, grassland & dwarf shrub heaths
in alkaline, (periodically) wet habitats