Orchidaceae
Tall white bog orchid
Platanthera dilatata
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Platanthera
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Tall white bog orchid, Scentbottle
Synonyms
- Habenaria dilatata (Pursh) Hook.
- Limnorchis dilatata (Pursh) Rydb.
- Orchis dilatata Pursh
- Piperia dilatata (Pursh) Szlach. & Rutk.
- Platanthera hyperborea subsp. dilatata (Pursh) Rchb.f.
- Platanthera hyperborea subsp. dilatata (Pursh) K.Richt.
- Platanthera hyperborea var. dilatata (Pursh) Kraenzl.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Bill Bouton from San Luis Obispo, CA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bill Bouton from San Luis Obispo, CA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, 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.