Orchidaceae
Chinese ground orchid
Bletilla striata
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Bletilla
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Common names
By language (13)
- Arabic
- Orchidée
- arz
- الاوركيد
- Chinese
- 白芨, 白及, 白哀（白及）, 明白芨, 甘根, 白給, 白花白芨, 紫蘭
- English
- Chinese ground orchid, Urn orchid, Hyacinth orchid
- Finnish
- Mikadonkämmen
- French
- Orchidée jacinthe, Orchidee jacinthe
- hsb
- Smužkata bletila
- Japanese
- シラン, しらん, ビャッキュウ, 白及, 紫蘭
- Korean
- 자란, 백급
- lzh
- 白及
- Spanish
- Orquídea urna
- Vietnamese
- Bạch cập
- za
- Gobwzgiz
Synonyms
- Bletia gebina Lindl.
- Bletia hyacinthina (Sm.) Aiton
- Bletia hyacinthina var. gebina (Lindl.) Blume
- Bletia hyacinthina var. liukiuensis S.Sakag.
- Bletia striata (Thunb.) Druce
- Bletilla elegantula (Kraenzl.) Garay & G.A.Romero
- Bletilla gebinae (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Bletilla hyacinthina (Sm.) Rchb.f.
- Bletilla striata f. gebina (Lindl.) Ohwi
- Bletilla striata var. albomarginata Makino
- Bletilla striata var. gebina (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Calanthe gebina (Lindl.) Lindl.
- Coelogyne elegantula Kraenzl.
- Cymbidium hyacinthinum Sm.
- Cymbidium striatum (Thunb.) Sw.
- Epidendrum striatum (Thunb.) Thunb.
- Gyas humilis Salisb.
- Jimensia nervosa Raf.
- Jimensia striata (Thunb.) Garay & R.E.Schult.
- Limodorum hyacinthinum (Sm.) Donn
- Limodorum striatum Thunb.
- Polytoma inodora Lour. ex B.A.Gomes
- Sobralia bletioides Brongn. ex Decne.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: TheStigia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: chibirenata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Tiffanie Texier, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Yushin Hozumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Yushin Hozumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Julien Leroy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: koichi kishimoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Paolo Tedesco, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: fluidyama, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Alain Riedacker, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: pierre CAGNO, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.