Platanthera obtusata Lindley 1835
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Description
5. P. obtusata (Pursh) Lindley,
op. cit. 284 (1835).
Roots cord-like, fleshy but scarcely tuberous. Plant 6-20 cm. Foliage- leaf solitary, basal, 4-6 x 1 -5-2 cm, elliptical, tapered to a sheath ing base which is largely enclosed in a hyaline sheath representing a second basal leaf; a third leaf, small and bract-like, is present on upper part of stem. Spike short, rather dense; flowers 3-6, greenish-white. Perianth-segments2-3 mm. Labellum 3-3-5 mm, rhombic-lanceolate, horizontal or somewhat deflexed. Spur 2-5-3 mm, curved, half as long as ovary. 2n= 126.
1 By D. A. Webb.
Calcareous
mountain heaths.
Arctic Fennoscandia. No Su. (E. & E. C. Asia, North America.)
The European plant belongs to subsp.oligantha (Turcz.) Hultén, Lunds Univ. Ârsskr. nov. ser., 39(1): 481 (1943) (P.oligantha Turcz., Lysiella oligantha (Turcz.) Nevski), which is also found in E. Siberia. Subsp.obtusata, which is confined to America, has an obovate leaf, a laxer spike, a longer, narrower labellum and a longer spur. Plants from E. North America are very distinct from those from Europe and Asia, but intermediates are found in Alaska.
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.215522 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/AF0D685FFF9FFF9D6B0CFFECFFF8FF80 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Platanthera
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Scientific name authorship
- Lindley
- Species
- obtusata
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Platanthera obtusata Lindley, 1835 sec. Moore, 1980