Platanthera elegans is a species of orchid known by several common names, including elegant piperia, coast piperia, hillside rein orchid, and hillside bogorchid. This is a showy flowering plant native to western North America.[1][2] It grows from a caudex tuber and sends up a thick stem just under a meter in maximum height. The stem is topped with a cylindrical spike inflorescence of densely packed flowers with curving white to greenish-yellow petals.[3][4][5] Coastal individuals are noticeably thicker and have more flowers than those that grow further inland; it is uncertain if these are variants, subspecies, or even separate species. They are both currently treated as P. elegans. Other species of Plantanthera, notably the endangered species P. yadonii are quite similar in appearance to some populations of this species.
Platanthera elegans is a species of orchid known by several common names, including elegant piperia, coast piperia, hillside rein orchid, and hillside bogorchid. This is a showy flowering plant native to western North America. It grows from a caudex tuber and sends up a thick stem just under a meter in maximum height. The stem is topped with a cylindrical spike inflorescence of densely packed flowers with curving white to greenish-yellow petals. Coastal individuals are noticeably thicker and have more flowers than those that grow further inland; it is uncertain if these are variants, subspecies, or even separate species. They are both currently treated as P. elegans. Other species of Plantanthera, notably the endangered species P. yadonii are quite similar in appearance to some populations of this species.
Piperia elegans es una especie de orquídea terrestre perteneciente a la familia Orchidaceae.
Son nativas del oeste de los Estados Unidos. Encontrado en California en elevaciones de 500 a 700 msnm.
Se trata de una vistosa floración de plantas, nativa de América del Norte occidental. Crece de un tubérculo subterráneo y envía un tallo grueso a poco menos de un metro de altura. El tallo está rematado con una inflorescencia cilíndrica de espigas densas con flores de color blanco con pétalos curvados de color amarillo verdoso. Las especies costeras son notablemente más gruesas y tienen más flores que las que crecen hacia el interior, es incierto que estas sean variantes, subespecies, o incluso especies separadas. Otras especies de Piperia, en particular la especie en peligro de extinción p. yadonii son bastante similares en apariencia a algunas poblaciones de esta especie.
Piperia elegans es una especie de orquídea terrestre perteneciente a la familia Orchidaceae.
