Platanthera hookeri
Lesser Butterfly-Orchid
Platanthera bifolia
(L.) Rich. Species
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- Botanical name
- Platanthera bifolia
- Also known as
- Lesser Butterfly Orchid, Lesser Butterfly-Orchid
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Platanthera
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Lesser Butterfly-Orchid
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Platanthera bifolia but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Conopsidium sthenantherum
Gymnadenia bifolia
Habenaria bifolia
Lysias bifolia
Orchis alba
Orchis bifolia
Orchis stenanthera
Platanthera bifolia f. densiflora
Platanthera bifolia f. latiflora
Platanthera bifolia f. pervia
Platanthera bifolia f. trifoliata
Platanthera bifolia var. latiflora
Platanthera bifolia var. pervia
Platanthera solstitialis
Platanthera solstitialis var. pervia
Platanthera solstitialis var. trifoliata
Satyrium bifolium
Sieberia bifolia
Others in Platanthera
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