Orchidaceae

Greater butterfly-orchid

Platanthera chlorantha (Custer) Rchb.

Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Platanthera

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Greater butterfly-orchid (Platanthera chlorantha) — FlowerPhoto: Christoph Kramer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (31)

arz: بلاتانثيرا كلورانثا
Azerbaijani: Yaşılçiçək ləçəkotu, Yaşılçiçək platantera
Belarusian: Чараўнік зеленакветкавы
Bulgarian: Зеленоцветна платантера
Catalan: Platanthère à fleurs vertes
Chinese: 二叶舌唇兰, 二葉舌脣蘭, 土白芨, 欧白及, 绿花舌唇兰
Czech: Vemeník zelenavý
Danish: Skov-Gøgelilje
Dutch: Bergnachtorchis
English: Greater butterfly-orchid, Greater butterfly orchid
Estonian: Rohekas käokeel
Finnish: Keltalehdokki
French: Platanthère à fleurs vertes, Platanthère à fleurs verdâtres, Platanthere a fleurs vertes, Platanthère verdâtre
German: Grünliche Waldhyazinthe, Berg-Kuckucksblume, Berg-Waldhyazinthe, Bergwaldhyazinthe, Platanthère à fleurs vertes
hsb: Zelenojta kokulinda
Hungarian: Zöldes sarkvirág
Irish: Magairlín mór an fhéileacáin
Italian: Platantera verdastra
Latvian: Zaļziedu naktsvijole
Lithuanian: Žalsvažiedė blandis, Platanthère à fleurs vertes
Luxembourgish: Gréngelzeg Kräizblumm
Norwegian Bokmål: Grov nattfiol
Norwegian Nynorsk: Grov nattfiol
Persian: سنبل جنگلی
Polish: Podkolan zielonawy
Russian: Любка зелёноцветная, Любка зеленоцветковая, Любка зеленоцветная, Любка зелёноцветковая
Slovak: Vemenník zelenkastý
Spanish: Satirión verde, Satirion verde
Swedish: Grönvit nattviol, Platanthère à fleurs vertes
Ukrainian: Любка зеленоквіткова
Welsh: Tegeirian llydanwyrdd

Synonyms

Conopsidium platantherum Wallr.
Gymnadenia chlorantha (Custer) Ambrosi
Habenaria chlorantha (Custer) Bab.
Habenaria chloroleuca Ridl.
Habenaria montana (F.W.Schmidt) T.Durand & Schinz
Habenaria virescens (K.Koch) Druce
Orchis bifolia var. elatior Gaudin
Orchis bifolia var. macroglossa Wallr.
Orchis chlorantha Custer
Orchis montana F.W.Schmidt
Orchis platanthera (Wallr.) E.H.L.Krause
Orchis virescens Zollik. ex Gaud.
Platanthera bifolia subsp. chlorantha Rouy
Platanthera bifolia subsp. chlorantha (Custer) Rouy
Platanthera bifolia var. montana (F.W.Schmidt) Bolzon
Platanthera chlorantha f. bracteata Zapał.
Platanthera chlorantha f. grandiflora (M.Schulze) Soó
Platanthera chlorantha var. angustata Zapał.
Platanthera chlorantha var. grandiflora M.Schulze
Platanthera chlorantha var. gselliana (H.Baumann, Künkele & R.Lorenz) Perazza & R.Lorenz
Platanthera chlorantha var. montana (F.W.Schmidt) Nyman
Platanthera chlorantha var. robusta Verm.
Platanthera montana (F.W.Schmidt) Rchb.f.
Platanthera montana var. gselliana H.Baumann, Künkele & R.Lorenz
Platanthera virescens K.Koch
Pseudanthera breadalbanensis McKean

Flowers

In flower: May to June (from 1,103 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Christoph Kramer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Irene Saltini, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Das, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jörg Hempel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vasileia Sef, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: dart16, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: aroche, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Gaia Cavallo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Drepanostoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Miesje73, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Alex Press, 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.