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| Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata (Pursh) Lindl. ex. Beck | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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| TAXONOMY | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Family: | Orchidaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genus: | Platanthera | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Species Synonyms: | Habenaria dilata (Pursh) Hook. Limnorchis dilata (Pursh) Rydb. Platanthera dilatata var. angustifolia Hook. |
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| Common Names: | scent-bottle white bog orchid tall white orchid bog-candle white orchid |
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| DISTRIBUTION | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada: | Yukon – southwestern Mackenzie District, southwestern Alberta – Saskatchewan – Manitoba – Ontario – Quebec – Labrador – Newfoundland – Nova Scotia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | widespread except for extreme northern regions; Cypress Hills – Pasquia Hills – Clearwater River | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecoregion: | Cypress Upland, Moist Mixed Grassland, Aspen Parkland, Boreal Transition, Mid-Boreal Upland, Mid-Boreal Lowland, Athabasca Plain, Churchill River Upland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| HABITAT | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | moist woods and bog margins | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada: | meadows, bogs, and wet woods | ||||||||||||||||||||
| RARITY STATUS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Vulnerable |
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| Nature Conservancy Status: | G5 S2 |
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| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None |
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| COSEWIC Status: | None |
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| Scent-bottle is apparently secure in Saskatchewan. It is listed as vulnerable because most local populations are small. No immediate threats are known but are possible in the future. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height: | 10 – 50 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Roots: | in bundles, fleshy or thickened | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stems: | erect, leafy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Leaves: | on the stem, alternate, few to several, ascending to spreading, 10 – 30 cm long, gradually reduced to bracts below inflorescence, linear to lance-shaped or inversely lance-shaped, tip acute, base sheathing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Inflorescence: | unbranched, pedicels very short, lax to dense, cylindrical; bracts appearing shorter than the flowers, lance-shaped, appressed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Flowers: | upside down, fragrant, rather showy; sepals and petals white; sepals 3 – 9 mm long, 3-nerved, lateral sepals spreading to reflexed; petals 4 – 8 mm long, ovate to linear, 1- or 2-nerved, margin entire; lip descending, 5 – 10 mm long, base expanded to circular, margin entire; spur thread-like, usually longer than lip; pollen masses enclosed in anther sacs; ovary 5 – 15 mm long, slender to stout | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fruits: | capsule ascending | ||||||||||||||||||||
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