Orchidaceae FAMILY

Platanthera ciliaris

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Platanthera ciliaris is a herbaceous perennial orchid growing from a fleshy rootstock; it produces 2 - 4 basal leaves up to 30cm long and flowering stems 25 - 100cm tall[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental in gardens.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSoutheastern N. America - Michigan to Connecticutt, south to eastern Texas and Florida

HabitatMoist sandy and peaty meadows, marshes, prairies, pine savannash, open woods, wet wooded flats, seeping slopes, roadsides, dry wooded slopes, sphagnum bogs; at elevations up to 1,700 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].