Orchidaceae
Purple fringed orchid
Platanthera peramoena
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Platanthera
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Common names
By language (1)
- 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

Photo: NC Orchid from North Carolina, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: NC Orchid, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Allefant, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Allefant, 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.