East Bay Rare and Unusual Plants
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Piperia elegans subsp. elegans
coast piperia, elegant piperia
Family:
Orchidaceae
Rarity
CNPS-EB:
C
Criteria:
Small Populations
Observations
CNPS-EB Database
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Calflora (group)
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Calflora (public)
iNaturalist
CCH2
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Background
Regions with a green background have at least one population that has been observed in the past 25 years.
Regions with a blue background have no populations that have been observed in the past 25 years, but have at least one population that has been recorded more than 25 years ago.
Regions with an orange background have no confirmed observations of natural occurrences of this species, but have at least one observtion of a population whose location or identification is uncertain, or which has been planted.
Regions with a white background have no record of this species every being present.
Key
Ecology
Flowers May - September
Habitats:
Forest
Scrub (Coastal or Interior)
Woodland
All Piperia
P. elegans subsp. elegans
P. elongata
(C)
P. michaelii
(*A2)
P. transversa
(B)
P. unalascensis
(A1)
References
Jepson eFlora
Calflora
iNaturalist
(Platanthera elegans subsp. elegans)
Synonyms
Habenaria elegans var. maritima
Habenaria elegans var. multiflora
Habenaria greenei
Platanthera elegans subsp. elegans