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Large Whorled Pogonia

Isotria verticillata

Also called Large Whorled Pogonia Orchid, Purple Five Leaved Orchid

Large Whorled Pogonia
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Native range
SE. Ontario to C. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Isotria verticillata, commonly known as the large whorled pogonia and purple fiveleaf orchid, is an orchid species native to eastern North America.

Where it grows

The orchid's native range is across the Eastern United States in the Appalachian Mountains, the central and eastern Great Lakes region, and elsewhere from Maine south to Florida, and westward from Michigan south to Texas. It is also native to Ontario, Canada.

Other Isotria plants

Small Whorled Pogonia · Fiveleaf orchid

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Isotria verticillata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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