Platanthera tescamnis

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| image = Platanthera tescamnis flowerspike close.jpg

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| genus = Platanthera

| species = tescamnis

| authority = Sheviak & W.F.Jenn.

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| synonyms = Limnorchis tescamnis (Sheviak & W.F.Jenn.) P.M.Br., S.L.Stewart & Gamarra

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Platanthera tescamnis, the intermountain bog orchid or yellow rein orchid,{{PLANTS|id=PLTE5|taxon=Platanthera tescamnis|accessdate=7 October 2015}} is a species of orchid described in 2006.Sheviak, C. J. and W. F. Jennings. (2006). A new Platanthera (Orchidaceae) from the Intermountain West. Rhodora 108:933 19-31. The plant is well-known but had been misidentified.[http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/press/2006/orchiddoc.cfm NYS Museum Scientist Reports Discovery of New Orchid Species.] New York State Museum Press Release April 19, 2006. It is native to the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau of the western United States (Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California), where it grows in warmer, drier habitat than most related orchids.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=347934 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

File:Yellow rein-orchid.jpg

Platanthera tescamnis produces a slender, erect flowering stem which may exceed {{convert|1|m|ftin|spell=in|sp=us}} in height. There are several leaves around the base of the stem, lance-shaped to oval and measuring up to {{convert|29|cm|in|sp=us}} long by {{convert|5|cm|in|0|sp=us}} wide. The inflorescence is a dense spike of many small yellow-green flowers.