Orchidaceae
Lesser butterfly-orchid
Platanthera bifolia
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Platanthera
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Common names
By language (40)
- arz
- بلاتانثيرا بيفوليا
- azb
- قوشایارپاق سونبول
- Azerbaijani
- Qoşayarpaq ləçəkotu, Qoşayarpaq platantera
- Belarusian
- Чараўнік двухлісты
- Bulgarian
- Двулистна платантера
- Chinese
- 細距舌唇蘭, 细距舌唇兰
- Croatian
- Mirisavi dvolist
- Czech
- Vemeník dvoulistý
- Danish
- Bakke-Gøgelilje
- Dutch
- Welriekende nachtorchis
- English
- Lesser butterfly-orchid
- Estonian
- Kahelehine käokeel, Kaheleheline käokeel
- Finnish
- Valkolehdokki, Pohjanvalkolehdokki
- French
- Platanthère à deux feuilles, Platanthere a deux feuilles
- Georgian
- Ორფოთოლა
- German
- Zweiblättrige Waldhyazinthe, Weiße Waldhyazinthe
- hsb
- Dwułopjenata kokulinda
- Hungarian
- Fehér sarkvirág, Kétlevelű sarkvirág
- Irish
- Magairlín beag an fhéileacáin
- Italian
- Platantera comune
- kw
- Tegeyryan diwdhelen
- Latvian
- Smaržīgā naktsvijole
- Lithuanian
- Dvilapė blandis
- Luxembourgish
- Wäiss Kräizblumm
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Nattfiol, Plantanthera bifolia
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Nattfiol, Vanlig nattfiol
- os
- Тæфсæджы хос
- Persian
- سنبل جنگلی دوبرگ
- Polish
- Podkolan biały
- Russian
- Любка двулистная, Двулистная любка, Ночная фиалка
- se
- Idjalieksi
- Serbian
- Вимењак
- Slovak
- Vemenník dvojlistý
- Slovenian
- Dvolistni vimenjak
- smn
- Vielgisrotorääsi
- Spanish
- Satirión blanco de dos hojas, Satirion blanco, Satirion blanco de dos hojas, Satirion officinal, Satirion oficinal, Satirion trifolio, Satirión blanco, Satirión officinal
- Swedish
- Nattviol
- Turkish
- Guguk salebi
- Ukrainian
- Любка дволиста
- Welsh
- Tegeirian llydanwyrdd bach
Synonyms
- Conopsidium sthenantherum Wallr.
- Gymnadenia bifolia (L.) G.Mey.
- Habenaria bifolia (L.) R.Br.
- Lysias bifolia (L.) Salisb.
- Orchis alba Lam.
- Orchis bifolia L.
- Orchis stenanthera E.H.L.Krause
- Platanthera bifolia f. densiflora (Drejer) Soó
- Platanthera bifolia f. latiflora (Drejer) Asch. & Graebn.
- Platanthera bifolia f. pervia (Peterm.) Soó
- Platanthera bifolia f. trifoliata (Thielens) Paucă & A.Nyár.
- Platanthera bifolia var. latiflora (Drejer) Kreutz
- Platanthera bifolia var. pervia (Peterm.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Platanthera solstitialis Boenn. ex Rchb.
- Platanthera solstitialis var. pervia (Peterm.) Nyman
- Platanthera solstitialis var. trifoliata Thielens
- Satyrium bifolium (L.) Wahlenb.
- Sieberia bifolia (L.) Spreng.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 1,836 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jiří Podhorecký, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Fabien Piednoir, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernhard Hildebrand, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: CDO'F, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Terry Instone, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vsevolod Rudyi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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). About our plant data.