Platanthera ussuriensis




Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Orchideae
Subtribe Orchidinae
<Scientific name Platanthera ussuriensis (Regel & Maack) Maximovicz
Synonyms Habenaria shensiana Kränzlin; Habenaria ussuriensis (Regel & Maack) Miyabe; Perularia shensiana (Kränzlin) Schlechter; Perularia ussuriensis (Regel) Schlechter; Platanthera herbiola Lindley var. japonica Finet; Platanthera shensiana (Kränzlin) Tang & F.T. Wang; Platanthera tipuloides Lindley var. ussuriensis Regel & Maack; Perularia ussuriensis (Maximowicz) Schlechter; Tulotis shensiana (Kränzlin) H. Hara; Tulotis ussuriensis (Regel & Maack) H. Hara
Common name (Japanese common name) tonbo-sou (トンボソウ, 蜻蛉草 [meaning: dragonfly weed])
(Chinese common name) dong ya she chun lan (東亜舌唇蘭)
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Sikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea, China
Habitat Mountane wet forest, mountane forest edge
Chromosomal number 2n=42
Description Plants 15-35cm tall. Leaves 5-15cm long, 1-3cm wide. Flowers green upper sepals 1.5-2mm long, side sepals 3mm long, lip petals 3-3.5mm long, flowring in July to August. Terrestrial. Perennial plants.
Reference Platanthera ussuriensis (Regel) Maximowicz
Platanthera ussuriensis (Regel & Maack) Maxim.
Platanthera ussuriensis (Regel) Maxim. 1887
Note Relatively rare.



July 2010
at my home
July 2010
at my home
July 2010
at my home



July 2010
at my home



April 2009
at mountane streamside