Plantanthera lacera (Michx.) G. Don

Ragged Orchid or Green Fringed Orchid

Description:

·        Medium sized plant

·        30 to 80 cm

·        Two to five lance shaped leaves form sheath around the stem

·        Flowers are arranged loosely in raceme

·        Flowers very in colour from yellow-green to greenish-white

·        Flowers July to August

Habitat:

·        Meadows

·        Poorly Drained Soils

Distribution:

·        Cow pasture