Orchidaceae
Western prairie fringed orchid
Platanthera praeclara
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Platanthera
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- بلاتانثيرا برايكلارا
- English
- Western prairie fringed orchid, Great Plains white fringed orchid
Synonyms
- Blephariglottis praeclara (Sheviak & M.L.Bowles) Baumbach & Lückel
- Fimbriella praeclara (Sheviak & M.L.Bowles) Szlach. & Rutk.
- Habenaria leucophaea var. praeclara (Sheviak & M.L.Bowles) Cronquist
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Jasper Shide, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jasper Shide, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jasper Shide, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jasper Shide, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jasper Shide, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jasper Shide, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jasper Shide, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jasper Shide, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jasper Shide, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jasper Shide, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jasper Shide, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jasper Shide, CC0, 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.