Platanthera psycodes(L.) Lindl.

Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid

WFO wfo-0000274662 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Platanthera psycodes, photographed by Jenn (McPhee) Dyson
fig. a Jenn (McPhee) Dyson, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-08-17 / obs. 151472677
Platanthera psycodes, photographed by Renee MacQuarrie
fig. b Renee MacQuarrie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150142607
Platanthera psycodes, photographed by Renee MacQuarrie
fig. c Renee MacQuarrie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150142725
Platanthera psycodes, photographed by Bruce Cook
fig. d Bruce Cook, CC0 1.0 / obs. 147580484
Platanthera psycodes, photographed by Renee MacQuarrie
fig. e Renee MacQuarrie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 149745491
Platanthera psycodes, photographed by Lynn Harper
fig. f Lynn Harper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 147061536
Platanthera psycodes, photographed by Renee MacQuarrie
fig. g Renee MacQuarrie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 148099132
Platanthera psycodes, photographed by Michael
fig. h Michael, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 149430706

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Flowering n = 677 observations

Peak flowering in Jul, from 677 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 25 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Blephariglottis fissa (Muhl. ex Willd.) G.Keller & Soó
  • Blephariglottis psycodes Rydb.
  • Blephariglottis psycodes f. albiflora (Ralph Hoffm.) Baumbach & P.M.Br.
  • Blephariglottis psycodes f. albispicata House
  • Blephariglottis psycodes f. ecalcarata (M.M.Bryan) Baumbach & P.M.Br.
  • Blephariglottis psycodes f. rosea (P.M.Br.) Baumbach & P.M.Br.
  • Blephariglottis psycodes f. varians (M.M.Bryan) Baumbach & P.M.Br.
  • Fimbriella psycodes (L.) Butzin
  • Habenaria fissa R.Br.
  • Habenaria fissa (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng.
  • Habenaria psycodes (L.) Spreng.
  • Habenaria psycodes f. albiflora Ralph Hoffm.
  • Habenaria psycodes f. ecalcarata (M.M.Bryan) Dole
  • Habenaria psycodes f. varians (M.M.Bryan) Fernald
  • Habenaria psycodes var. ecalcarata M.M.Bryan
  • Habenaria psycodes var. varians M.M.Bryan
  • Habenaria racemosa Raf.
  • Orchis fissa Muhl. ex Willd.
  • Orchis incisa Muhl. ex Willd.
  • Orchis psycodes L.
  • Platanthera fissa (Muhl. ex Willd.) Lindl.
  • Platanthera psycodes f. albiflora (R.Hoffm.) R.E.Whiting & Catling
  • Platanthera psycodes f. ecalcarata (M.M.Bryan) P.M.Br.
  • Platanthera psycodes f. rosea P.M.Br.

and 1 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.