Orchidaceae
Aleutian bog orchid
Platanthera tipuloides
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Platanthera
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 筒距舌唇兰
- English
- Aleutian bog orchid
- Japanese
- ホソバノキソチドリ
Synonyms
- Gymnadenia keiskei (Miq.) Franch. & Sav.
- Habenaria behringiana (Rydb.) Ames
- Habenaria keiskei Miq.
- Habenaria tipuloides (L.f.) Benth.
- Limnorchis behringiana Rydb.
- Limnorchis tipuloides (L.f.) P.M.Br., S.L.Stewart & Gamarra
- Limnorchis tipuloides var. behringiana (Rydb.) P.M.Br., S.L.Stewart & Gamarra
- Orchis gracilis Fisch. ex Lindl.
- Orchis tipuloides L.f.
- Platanthera behringiana (Rydb.) Tatew. & Kobayashi
- Platanthera keiskei (Miq.) Franch. & Sav.
- Platanthera mandarinorum var. oreades (Franch. & Sav.) T.Hashim.
- Platanthera sororia Schltr.
- Platanthera tipuloides var. behringiana (Rydb.) Hultén
- Platanthera tipuloides var. sibirica Regel
- Platanthera tipuloides var. sororia (Schltr.) Soó
- Platanthera tipuloides var. tipuloides
- Tipularia camtschatica Spreng.
- Tipularia tipuloides (L.f.) Druce
Flowers
- In flower
- July (from 92 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Pavel Smirnov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Pavel Smirnov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Валерия Ковалева, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Валерия Ковалева, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Валерия Ковалева, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Валерия Ковалева, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.