Orchidaceae
Northern green orchid
Platanthera hyperborea
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Platanthera
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Platanthera hyperboreaOrchidaceae
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Common names
By language (5)
- English
- Northern green orchid
- Finnish
- Lumilehdokki
- Icelandic
- Friggjargras
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Islandsnattfiol
- Swedish
- Grönlandsyxne
Synonyms
- Gymnadenia hyperborea (L.) Link
- Habenaria borealis Cham.
- Habenaria dilatata var. borealis (Cham.) Muenscher
- Habenaria hyperborea (L.) R.Br.
- Limnorchis borealis (Cham.) Rydb.
- Limnorchis brachypetala Britton & Rydb.
- Limnorchis hyperborea Rydb.
- Limnorchis hyperborea (L.) Rydb.
- Orchis acuta Banks ex Presl
- Orchis acuta Banks ex Pursh
- Orchis hyperborea L.
- Orchis koenigii Gunnerus
- Platanthera borealis (Cham.) Rchb.f.
- Platanthera hyperborea var. minor Lange
- Platanthera koenigii (Gunnerus) Lindl.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Greenland: native
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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.