Inflorescences lax, slender (in part from floral bracts usually shorter than flowers); lip (excluding auricles) subquadrangular, suborbiculate, or broadly ovate, obtuse or often emarginate.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–Oct.
Habitat: Floodplain forests, hardwood, white-cedar, and cypress swamps, riparian thickets, wet meadows
Elevation: 0–300 m

Distribution

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N.S., Ont., Ala., Ark., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Charles J. Sheviak +
(Linnaeus) Lindley +
Orchis flava +
N.S. +, Ont. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, D.C. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, La. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.C. +, Okla. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +  and Va. +
0–300 m +
Floodplain forests, hardwood, white-cedar, and cypress swamps, riparian thickets, wet meadows +
Flowering Mar–Oct. +
Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl., +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Habenaria flava +  and Perularia scutellata +
Platanthera flava var. flava +
Platanthera flava +
variety +