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
15–50 cm tall. <span class="v1">inflorescence:</span> loosely flowered. <span class="v1">flowers:</span> spurred, greenish to yellowish <i>or</i> whitish. <span class="v1">lip:</span> undivided, mostly pointing downwards, narrow. <span class="v1">spur:</s...
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, extensively used or natural grassland, dwarf shrub heaths
in alkaline, periodically wet habitats