| Dactylorhiza aristata (Fisch.) Sod | |||
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| Family | Orchidaceae — APG family: Orchidaceae | ||
| Synonyms | Orchis latifolia var. beeringiana Cham., Orchis aristata Fisch. | ||
| Description | Tuberoids 2-5-lobed; leaves 2—-5, with or without dark spots, the lower rounded in apex, the upper somewhat acute; bracts broadly lanceolate, often more or less violet-colored, the lower longer than flowers, the upper shorter; flowers violet to purplish, with darker lip, sometimes with darker spots; sepals lanceolate or nar- rowly lanceolate with nearly aristate tip; lip obovate with entire, 3-lobed or dentate tip; spur thick, shorter than lip. | ||
| Ecology | Meadows. |
This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.