Orchidaceae
Slender bog orchid
Platanthera stricta
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Platanthera
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Slender bog orchid
Synonyms
- Habenaria borealis var. viridiflora Cham.
- Habenaria convallariifolia var. dilatatoides (Hultén) B.Boivin
- Habenaria gracilis (Ledeb.) S.Watson
- Habenaria neomexicana Tidestr.
- Habenaria saccata Greene
- Habenaria saccata var. gracilis (Lindl.) B.Boivin
- Habenaria septentrionalis Tidestr.
- Habenaria stricta (Lindl.) Rydb.
- Limnorchis gracilis (Lindl.) Rydb.
- Limnorchis saccata (Greene) Á.Löve & W.Simon
- Limnorchis stricta (Lindl.) Rydb.
- Limnorchis viridiflora (Cham.) Rydb.
- Orchis dolichorhiza Fisch. ex Lindl.
- Platanthera dilatata var. gracilis Ledeb.
- Platanthera dilatata var. viridiflora (Cham.) Ledeb.
- Platanthera dolichorrhiza (Fisch. ex Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Platanthera gracilis (Ledeb.) Kraenzl.
- Platanthera gracilis Lindl.
- Platanthera hyperborea var. dilatatoides Hultén
- Platanthera hyperborea var. gracilis (Lindl.) Luer
- Platanthera hyperborea var. viridiflora (Cham.) Luer
- Platanthera hyperborea var. viridiflora (Cham.) Kitam.
- Platanthera saccata (Greene) Hultén
- Platanthera stricta var. gracilis (Lindl.) Hultén
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.