Platanthera cristata

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Species Distribution Map
Family:ORCHIDACEAE
Species:Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl.
Common Name:Crested Yellow Orchid; Orange Crest Orchid; Crested Fringed Orchid
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:OLCR
Plant Notes:Crested Yellow Orchid is a native herbaceous perennial in the Orchid family (Orchidaceae). It is native to much of Alabama. Crested Yellow Orchid occurs in bogs, in seeps, along small streams, and on wet roadsides. It is a perennial from a cluster of thick, brittle roots. The stems are solitary, erect, 6-24 inches in height, green in color, and glabrous. The 2-4 leaves are alternate, sessile, linear lanceolate in outline, entire, and conduplicate (folded lengthwise). The leaves are rapidly reduced in size upwards, becoming bracts. Flowers are produced in dense terminal spikes. The flowers are resupinate (upside down), and orange-yellow in color. Each flower has a highly fringed lip and a cylindrical spur that curved downward behind the flower. The opening in the spur is triangular. The fruit is a capsule with many dust-like seed.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyORCHIDACEAE - Orchid family
Genus Platanthera
Species Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl. - Crested Yellow Orchid; Orange Crest Orchid; Crested Fringed Orchid

Citation

Citation Platanthera cristata (Michaux) Lindley, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 291. 1835.
Basionym: Orchis cristata Michx. 1803.
Type: **

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Blephariglotis cristata Blephariglotis cristata (Michaux) Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 2: 38. 1837 ("1836").Orchis cristata Michaux 1803. 
Habenaria cristata Habenaria cristata (Michaux) R. Brown, in Aiton f., Hortus Kew. 5: 194. 1813.Orchis cristata Michaux 1803. 
Orchis cristata Orchis cristata Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 156. 1803.  

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Bibb, Calhoun, Clay, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dale, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Geneva, Lawrence, Lee, Macon, Marengo, Mobile, Montgomery, Pike, Randolph, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1878 - 2023

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
JSU113569 Etowah 31 Jul 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
2952		 JSU
Platanthera cristata (Michaux) Lindley
UWAL0053146 Bibb 25 Jul 2020 Keener, Brian R.
11868		 UWAL
Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl.
JSU113567 Clay 2 Aug 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
413		 JSU
Platanthera cristata (Michaux) Lindley
AUA_ACC_55446 Crenshaw 8 Aug 1989 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
6240		 AUA
PLATANTHERA CRISTATA (MICHX.) LINDL.
AUA_ACC_61325 Mobile 15 Aug 1996 ANDERSON, LORAN C.
16,881		 AUA
PLATANTHERA CRISTATA (MICHX.) LINDL.
AUA_ACC_69558 Covington 15 Aug 2008 HANSEN, CURTIS J.
3513		 AUA
PLATANTHERA CRISTATA (MICHX.) LINDL.
AUA_ACC_23232 Macon 2 Aug 1971 COOK, HARRY D.
087		 AUA
PLATANTHERA CRISTATA (MICHX.) LINDL.
JSU113571 Randolph 14 Aug 1986 Nixon, Christopher F.
2642		 JSU
Platanthera cristata (Michaux) Lindley
UWAL0039173 Conecuh 28 Jul 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28422		 UWAL
Platanthera cristata (Michaux) Lindley
UNA00008658 Clay 28 Jul 1896 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Habenaria cristata (Michx.) R. Br. ex Ait. f.
AUA_ACC_5355 Lee 2 Aug 1968 SCARSBROOK, ELLEN
 AUA
PLATANTHERA CRISTATA (MICHX.) LINDL.
UWAL0043498 Baldwin 19 Aug 2004 Larsen, Harry S.
1415		 UWAL
Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl.
AMAL00017472 Baldwin 13 Aug 2008 Barger, T. Wayne
446		 AMAL
Platanthera cristata (Michaux) Lindley
AUA_ACC_11519 Lee 3 Aug 1967 CALVERT, MAGIE
 AUA
PLATANTHERA CRISTATA (MICHX.) LINDL.
TROY000011367 Covington 07 Sep 2002 Thomason, Kenneth
2		 TROY
Platanthera cristata (Michaux) Lindley
UWAL0057726 Elmore 01 Aug 2023 Soehren, Eric C.
747		 UWAL
Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl.
AUA_ACC_51600 Crenshaw 1 Jul 1991 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
7543		 AUA
PLATANTHERA CRISTATA (MICHX.) LINDL.
AUA_ACC_42221 Lee 7 Aug 1972 BALL, DONALD M.
159		 AUA
PLATANTHERA CRISTATA (MICHX.) LINDL.
TROY000011368 Dale 06 Aug 1999 Pennington, Tiffany
49		 TROY
Platanthera cristata (Michaux) Lindley
JSU113568 Clay 28 Sep 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
631		 JSU
Platanthera cristata (Michaux) Lindley
UNA00008648 Cullman 05 Aug 1896 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Habenaria cristata (Michx.) R. Br. ex Ait. f.
JSU113570 Lawrence 14 Aug 1974 Whetstone, R. David
3757		 JSU
Platanthera cristata (Michaux) Lindley
AUA_ACC_14070 Lee 2 Aug 1967 EICHLIN, THOMAS D.
 AUA
PLATANTHERA CRISTATA (MICHX.) LINDL.
AUA_ACC_17528 Montgomery 16 Jul 1969 OWENS, JAMES R.
 AUA
PLATANTHERA CRISTATA (MICHX.) LINDL.
ALNHS00008310 Geneva 02 Aug 2023 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#6121		 ALNHS
Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl.
AUA_ACC_5409 Lee 20 Jul 1954 SPEAKE, DAN W.
 AUA
PLATANTHERA CRISTATA (MICHX.) LINDL.
TROY000042947 Covington 13 Sep 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26816		 TROY
Platanthera cristata (Michaux) Lindley
ALNHS00001285 Baldwin 24 Jul 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#669		 ALNHS
Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl.
UNA00012751 Tuscaloosa 01 Aug 1878 Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.		 UNA
Habenaria cristata (Michx.) R. Br. ex Ait. f.
AMAL00019310 Calhoun 2 Aug 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
4310		 AMAL
Platanthera cristata (Michaux) Lindley
AUA_ACC_23231 Lee 4 Aug 1971 BRUGH, JR., THOMAS H.
160		 AUA
PLATANTHERA CRISTATA (MICHX.) LINDL.
AUA000042688 Escambia 30 Jul 1993 PANCAKE, JR., DALE C.
S.N.		 AUA
PLATANTHERA CRISTATA (MICHX.) LINDL.
TROY000011369 Pike 16 Aug 1996 Holmes, Jeanese
237		 TROY
Platanthera cristata (Michaux) Lindley
ALNHS00003593 Baldwin 26 Aug 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2089		 ALNHS
Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl.
AUA_ACC_39896 Conecuh 1 Jul 1983 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
 AUA
PLATANTHERA CRISTATA (MICHX.) LINDL.
AUA_ACC_30864 Lee 30 Jul 1973 OWEN, J.T.
233		 AUA
PLATANTHERA CRISTATA (MICHX.) LINDL.
AUA_ACC_11309 Macon 20 Jul 1967 CUNNINGHAM, HUGH B.
 AUA
PLATANTHERA CRISTATA (MICHX.) LINDL.
TROY000040643 Escambia 31 Jul 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25404		 TROY
Platanthera cristata (Michaux) Lindley
AUA_ACC_26720 Tallapoosa 5 Aug 1974 HUTTO, T.A.
437		 AUA
PLATANTHERA CRISTATA (MICHX.) LINDL.
ALNHS00006561 Escambia 23 Jul 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4784		 ALNHS
Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl.
JSU113565 Calhoun 4 Sep 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
6152		 JSU
Platanthera cristata (Michaux) Lindley
AUA000043162 Cullman 29 Jun 1914 WOLF, WOLFGANG
599		 AUA
PLATANTHERA CRISTATA (MICHX.) LINDL.
UNA00023543 Escambia 16 Aug 1994 Haynes, Robert R.
9472		 UNA
Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl.
TROY000047028 Conecuh 28 Jul 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28422		 TROY
Platanthera cristata (Michaux) Lindley
JSU113566 Clay 28 Aug 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
574		 JSU
Platanthera cristata (Michaux) Lindley
AUA_ACC_13628 Lee 2 Aug 1967 THOMPSON, OLIVIA C.
 AUA
PLATANTHERA CRISTATA (MICHX.) LINDL.
AUA_ACC_50471 Pike 20 Jul 1991 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
7587A		 AUA
PLATANTHERA CRISTATA (MICHX.) LINDL.
UWAL0010540 Marengo 19 Jul 2012 England, J. Kevin
3735		 UWAL
Platanthera cristata (Michaux) Lindley
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