Index / Search / Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys

§1 Plant

Platanthera dilatata (Pursh) Lindl. ex Beck var. leucostachys (Lindl.) Luer

vernacular Sierra bog orchid — variety · Orchidaceae


USDA
PLDIL
GBIF
2797058
Rank
variety
Sierra bog orchid (Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys)
Platephotograph · Jenifer ShaplandCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Orchidaceae Juss.
Genus
Platanthera
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 137 counties across 7 states/territories
Legend Native · 137 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 137 counties across 7 states/territories.

Alaska view state ↗ 3 N
California view state ↗ 43 N
Idaho view state ↗ 12 N
Nevada view state ↗ 8 N
Oregon view state ↗ 30 N
Utah view state ↗ 18 N
Washington view state ↗ 23 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/PLDIL ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2797058 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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