Scientific Name
Habenaria lacera

Common Name
Green fringed orchid; Ragged fringed orchid
Life Cycle: Perennial

Height: 8 to 24 inches
Flower/fruit: Creamy to yellowish green flowers in spike-like cluster; lacerated lip creates a fringed appearance; fragrant
Flowering Season: Summer into fall
Foliage: Several oblong lower leaves; 2 to 8 inches long; reduced bract-like upper leaves
Site: Bogs, marshes, swamps, and wet meadows
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