Scientific Name
Habenaria lacera
Common Name
Green fringed orchid; Ragged fringed orchid
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
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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