Native plant · ORCHIDACEAE
Platanthera flava
SOUTHERN TUBERCLED ORCHID; PALEGREEN ORCHID; GYPSY-SPIKES; pale green orchid
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Platanthera flava. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Platanthera flava
- Family
- ORCHIDACEAE
- Genus
- Platanthera
- Order
- ASPARAGALES
- Classification
- Monocots
- Recorded status
- Native; Threatened-State; FACW (NWPL); OBL (DEP)
- Florida range
- Central Florida · North Florida · Panhandle
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Sumter; Duval; Hernando; Pasco; Citrus; Wakulla; Polk; Levy; Hillsborough; Flagler; Volusia; Lake; Putnam
Where documented in Florida
Sumter; Duval; Hernando; Pasco; Citrus; Wakulla; Polk; Levy; Hillsborough; Flagler; Volusia; Lake; Putnam
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Platanthera
- Platanthera blephariglottis var. conspicua — WHITE FRINGED ORCHID; Southern White-fringed Orchid
- Platanthera chapmanii — CHAPMAN'S FRINGED ORCHID
- Platanthera ciliaris — YELLOW FRINGED ORCHID; orange-fringed orchid
- Platanthera clavellata — GREEN WOOD ORCHID; GREEN REINORCHID; small green wood orchid
- Platanthera cristata — CRESTED YELLOW ORCHID; CRESTED FRINGED ORCHID; orange crested orchid
- Platanthera integra — ORANGE REINORCHID; YELLOW FRINGELESS ORCHID
Related Florida Seed Bank conservation reading
Data provenance
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