Orchidaceae
Small green wood orchid
Platanthera clavellata
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Platanthera
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Common names
By language (2)
- Dutch
- Patanthera clavellata
- English
- Small green wood orchid
Synonyms
- Denslovia clavellata (Michx.) Rydb.
- Gymnadenia tridentata (Muhl.) Lindl.
- Gymnadenia tridentata var. clavellata Alph.Wood
- Gymnadeniopsis clavellata (Michx.) Rydb.
- Gymnadeniopsis clavellata f. wrightii (L.S.Olive) P.M.Br.
- Gymnadeniopsis clavellata var. ophioglossoides (Fernald) W.J.Schrenk
- Habenaria clavellata (Michx.) Spreng.
- Habenaria clavellata var. ophioglossoides Fernald
- Habenaria clavellata var. wrightii L.S.Olive
- Habenaria maritima Raf.
- Habenaria tridentata (Muhl.) Hook.
- Orchis clavellata Michx.
- Orchis clavellata var. tridentata Muhl.
- Orchis tridentata Muhl. ex Willd.
- Peristylus clavellatus (Michx.) Kraenzl.
- Platanthera clavellata f. slaughteri P.M.Br.
- Platanthera clavellata var. ophioglossoides (Fernald) P.M.Br.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Chase Mathey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: er-birds, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Scavo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Anne Parker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: André-Philippe Drapeau Picard, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Green Optics, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: er-birds, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Baur, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.