Family | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily | Orchidoideae |
Tribe | Orchideae |
Subtribe | Orchidinae |
Scientific name | Platanthera metabifolia F. Maekawa |
Synonyms | Platanthera bifolia (Linne) L. C. M. Richard subsp. extremiorientalis (Nevski) Soó; Platanthera chlorantha F. Schmidt; Platanthera chlorantha F. Schmidt var. metabifolia (F. Maekawa) M.Hiroe; Platanthera extremiorientalis Nevski |
Common name | (Japanese common name) ezo-chidori (エゾチドリ, 蝦夷千鳥 [meaning: Ezo plover birds orchid (Ezo = an old name of Hokkaido region)]), futaba-ture-sagi-sou (フタバツレサギソウ, 双葉連鷺草 [meaning: twin leaved herons weed]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido |
(Other nations) Russia (Far East, Sakhalin), Korea, China | |
Habitat | Coastal field |
Chromosomal number | 2n=42 |
Description | Plants electing ca. 20-50cm tall. Leaves pair, each 8-15cm long, 3-5cm wide. Flowers white lip petals 1-1.3cm long, spurs 2-2.5cm long, flowering in July to August (natural plants in Hokkaido). Terrestrial. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Platanthera metabifolia F. Maek. |
Platanthera metabifolia Maekawa Fumio 1935 |
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