Platanthera psycodes (Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid)

''Platanthera psycodes'', commonly called lesser purple fringed orchid or small purple-fringed orchid, is a species of orchid, genus ''Platanthera'', occurring from eastern Canada to the east-central and northeastern United States . It is imperiled in Illinois, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Kentucky.

The specific epithet ''psycodes'' is a misspelling of ''psychodes'', which means "butterfly-like", probably alluding to the shape of the flowers. Like many other orchids it is a plant of.. more