Platanthera zothecina (Higgins & Welsh) Kartesz & Gandhi
Family:Orchidaceae
Synonyms: Habenaria zothecina Higgins & Welsh;
Limnorchis zothecina
(Higgins & Welsh) W.A. Weber
Description: Distinct from other species by the spur length which
is 1.5-2 times as long as the lip.
Distribution: Emery, Garfield, Grand, Uintah, and San Juan counties,
Utah. Also in Moffat County, Colorado, and Navajo and Apache counties,
Arizona; A. Clifford reported it from the Carrizo Mountains near the
New Mexico State line in Apache County, Arizona.
Plants Seen or Cited: Herbaria Collections: P. zothecina appears to never have been
collected from New Mexico.
Remarks: Status: Remove from list. Rare in Arizona and Utah, but there
are no known occurrences of this plant from New Mexico.
Important Literature:
Welsh, S.L., N.D. Atwood, L.C. Higgins, and S. Goodrich.
1987. A Utah Flora. Great Basin Naturalist Memoir No. 9.
Information Compiled By: Daniela Roth
