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Purple fringed orchid

Platanthera peramoena A.Gray

Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Platanthera

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Purple fringed orchid: Platanthera peramoena
Photo: NC Orchid from North Carolina, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Purple fringed orchid, Purple fringeless orchid

Synonyms

  • Blephariglottis peramoena (A.Gray) Rydb.
  • Blephariglottis peramoena f. doddsiae (P.M.Br.) Baumbach & P.M.Br.
  • Blephariglottis psycodes f. fernaldii (J.Rousseau & Rouleau) Baumbach & P.M.Br.
  • Fimbriella peramoena (A.Gray) Butzin
  • Habenaria peramoena (A.Gray) A.Gray
  • Habenaria psycodes f. leucophaeopsis B.Boivin
  • Habenaria psycodes f. nivalis F.Seym.
  • Habenaria psycodes var. fernaldii J.Rousseau & Rouleau
  • Ophrys fimbriata Walter
  • Orchis peramoena Wood
  • Platanthera bigelovii Alph.Wood
  • Platanthera peramoena f. doddsiae P.M.Br.
  • Platanthera psycodes f. fernaldii (J.Rousseau & Rouleau) P.M.Br.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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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.