Platanthera stricta

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{{Speciesbox

| name = Slender bog orchid

| image = Platanthera stricta 1398.JPG

| status = G5

| status_system = TNC

| status_ref = {{cite NatureServe |id=2.141497 |title=Platanthera stricta |access-date=27 March 2025}}

| status2 = CITES_A2

| status2_system = CITES

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| genus = Platanthera

| species = stricta

| authority = Lindl.

| synonyms = {{Species list

|Habenaria borealis var. viridiflora|Cham.

|Orchis dolichorhiza|Fisch. ex Lindl.

|Platanthera gracilis|Lindl.

|Platanthera dolichorrhiza|(Fisch. ex Lindl.) Rchb.f.

|Platanthera dilatata var. gracilis|Ledeb.

|Platanthera dilatata var. viridiflora|(Cham.) Ledeb.

|Habenaria gracilis|(Ledeb.) S.Watson

|Habenaria saccata|Greene

|Habenaria stricta|(Lindl.) Rydb.

|Platanthera gracilis|(Ledeb.) Kraenzl.

|Limnorchis stricta|(Lindl.) Rydb.

|Limnorchis gracilis|(Lindl.) Rydb.

|Limnorchis viridiflora|(Cham.) Rydb.

|Platanthera hyperborea var. dilatatoides|Hultén

|Habenaria neomexicana|Tidestr.

|Habenaria septentrionalis|Tidestr.

|Platanthera stricta var. gracilis|(Lindl.) Hultén

|Platanthera hyperborea var. viridiflora|(Cham.) Kitam.

|Habenaria convallariifolia var. dilatatoides|(Hultén) B.Boivin

|Habenaria saccata var. gracilis|(Lindl.) B.Boivin

|Platanthera saccata|(Greene) Hultén

|Limnorchis saccata|(Greene) Á.Löve & W.Simon

|Platanthera hyperborea var. gracilis|(Lindl.) Luer}}

| synonyms_ref = {{cite POWO |id=651916-1 |title=Platanthera stricta Lindl. |access-date=27 March 2025}}

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Platanthera stricta is a species of orchid known by the common name slender bog orchid. It is native to western North America from Alaska and Yukon south to Utah and northern California.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101854 Flora of North America, v 26 p 560, Platanthera stricta ][http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Platanthera%20stricta.png Biota of North America Program, county distribution map]

Platanthera stricta grows in wet areas, such as shady forest meadows. It produces a slender, erect flowering stem up to about {{convert|80|cm|in|0}} tall. The longest leaves near the base of the stem are up to {{convert|11|cm|in|frac=3}} long by {{convert|2.5|cm|in|0}} wide. The inflorescence has widely spaced green flowers, sometimes tinged red or purple. The sepals and petals are around {{convert|1/2|cm|in|spell=in|frac=4}} long and each flower has a club-shaped spur.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}