Platanthera hyperborea
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Northern Bog-orchid (Platanthera hyberborea): There are a handful of collection in ARCTOS from the far northern mainland identified as this species.
This species was included in both the preliminary checklist (as var. hyperborea) and in Hall's 2010 treatment (where she says it also includes P. convallariifolia).
FNA suggests this species only occurs in Greenland, but notes it has been confused with Northern Green Bog Orchid (Platanthera aquilonis), and e-Flora BC redirects this species to P. aquilonis, so that seems like the most likely option for which species Muller's treatment referred to.
Hall's 2010 treatment may be better referring to Green Bog-orchid (Platanthera huronensis), however.
Local Notes
References
Weblinks
- USDAPLANTS page for Platanthera hyperborea
- FNA page for Platanthera hyperborea
- EthnoBotany page for Platanthera hyperborea
- e-FloraBC page for Platanthera hyperborea
- PacNW Herbaria Records for Platanthera hyberborea
- Search Arctos Database for Platanthera hyperborea (Southeast only)
- Search Arctos Database for Platanthera hyperborea (entire database)
- Encyclopedia of Life search for Platanthera hyberborea
- iNaturalist Observations for Platanthera hyberborea in Southeast Alaska
Other References
- Muller: [as Habenaria hyperborea var hyperborea] NE & ex N; muskegs, open wet areas, meadows
- Hall 2010: [as P. hyperborea] "Stream beds, lake margins, seeps, meadows and open woods in southern and west-central Alaska."