Vascular Plants - Orchidaceae - Piperia - Piperia elegans:
Piperia elegans ssp. elegans
elegant rein orchid, hillside rein orchid 
Blooms: June - September
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Distribution: British Columbia to California, east to Montana
Habitat: Mostly in dry, open woods and hills where moist in spring
Accepted Name:
Piperia elegans (Lindl.) Rydb. ssp. elegans
Synonyms:
Habenaria elegans (Lindl.) Boland.
Habenaria unalascensis (Spreng.) S. Watson var. maritima (Greene) Correll

Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Habenaria elegans, Habenaria greenei
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Piperia elegans ssp. elegans specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.

WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Piperia elegans ssp. elegans specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.

Washington Flora Checklist: Piperia elegans ssp. elegans treatment.

E-Flora BC: Piperia elegans ssp. elegans atlas page.

CalPhotos: Piperia elegans ssp. elegans images.

USDA Plants Database: Piperia elegans ssp. elegans.
Additional photographs of Piperia elegans ssp. elegans:
(click on a thumbnail to view larger photo)

Ben Legler, 2004

Ben Legler, 2004

Ben Legler, 2004

Ben Legler, 2004

Ben Legler, 2004

Ben Legler, 2004

Ben Legler, 2004

Ben Legler, 2004

Ben Legler, 2004

Ben Legler, 2004

Ben Legler, 2004

Ben Legler, 2004

Jim Riley

Rod Gilbert, 2007

G. D. Carr, 2009

G. D. Carr, 2009

G. D. Carr, 2009

G. D. Carr, 2009

G. D. Carr, 2009

G. D. Carr, 2009

Ron Bockelman, 2010

Ron Bockelman, 2010

Ron Bockelman, 2010
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