Platanthera unalascensis

Species of plant

Platanthera unalascensis

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Order:  | Asparagales
Family:  | Orchidaceae
Subfamily:  | Orchidoideae
Genus:  | Platanthera
Species:  |

P. unalascensis

Binomial name
Platanthera unalascensis

(Spreng.) Kurtz

Synonyms

Habenaria unalascensis
Piperia unalascensis
Spiranthes unalascensis

Platanthera unalascensis is a species of orchid known by the common names slender-spire orchid, Alaska piperia and Alaska rein orchid. It is native to much of western North America from Alaska to the southwestern United States, as well as eastern sections of Canada and the Great Lakes. It can be found in forest, woodland, and scrub habitat, often in dry areas. This orchid grows erect to about 70 centimeters in maximum height. The basal leaves are up to 15 centimeters long by 4 wide. Leaves higher on the stem are much reduced. The upper part of the stem is a slender, spikelike inflorescence of widely spaced translucent green flowers. The flowers are fragrant in the evenings, with a musky, soapy, or honeylike scent.[1] The plant is variable in size, stem thickness, density of inflorescence, petal shape, and scent.[1] Plants of the coast ranges and the Pacific Northwest are stouter and have broader sepals and petals than do interior and montane forms.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Flora of North America
2. ^ C.Michael Hogan, ed. 2010. Piperia unalascensis. Comprehensive Description section, Missouri Botanical Gardens. Encyclopedia of Life

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Piperia unalascensis at Wikimedia Commons
* Data related to Piperia unalascensis at Wikispecies
* Jepson Manual Treatment
* USDA Plants Profile
* Photo gallery

Taxon identifiers

Platanthera unalascensis|

* Wikidata: Q28816712
* CoL: 4JN2D
* GBIF: 2797023
* iNaturalist: 840638
* IPNI: 651932-1
* IRMNG: 11011387
* ITIS: 519165
* MichiganFlora: 1823
* NCBI: 1981252
* Open Tree of Life: 7046938
* Plant List: kew-157417
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:651932-1
* Species+: 80782
* Tropicos: 100243972
* VASCAN: 6902
* WFO: wfo-0000274746

Piperia unalascensis|

* Wikidata: Q7197349
* Wikispecies: Platanthera unalascensis
* Calflora: 6536
* CoL: 7NJGG
* FNA: 242101823
* GBIF: 2797016
* iNaturalist: 50734
* IPNI: 199616-2
* IRMNG: 10589349
* ITIS: 43668
* NatureServe: 2.134002
* Plant List: kew-156619
* PLANTS: PIUN3
* Tropicos: 23503062
* VASCAN: 17666
* WFO: wfo-0000273905

Spiranthes unalascensis|

* Wikidata: Q39369431
* CoL: 7NMFV
* GBIF: 2797019
* IPNI: 242825-2
* IRMNG: 11130576
* ITIS: 521908
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:242825-2
* Tropicos: 23512154
* WFO: wfo-0000313495

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