Orchidaceae
Slender-spire orchid
Platanthera unalascensis
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Platanthera
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Slender-spire orchid
Synonyms
- Habenaria foetida (Geyer ex Hook.) S.Watson
- Habenaria schischmareffiana Cham.
- Habenaria unalascensis (Spreng.) S.Watson
- Habenaria unalaschensis (Spreng.) S.Watson
- Herminium unalascense (Spreng.) Rchb.f.
- Herminium unalaschensis (Spreng.) Rchb.f.
- Monorchis unalaschcensis (Spreng.) O.Schwarz
- Piperia unalascensis (Spreng.) Rydb.
- Piperia unalascensis f. olympica P.M.Br.
- Platanthera foetida Geyer ex Hook.
- Platanthera schischmareffiana (Cham.) Lindl.
- Platanthera unalaschcensis (Spreng.) Kurtz
- Platanthera unalaschkensis Kraenzl.
- Spiranthes unalascensis Spreng.
Photos

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: Bill Bouton from San Luis Obispo, CA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 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). About our plant data.