habénaire obtuse vs habénaire clavellée

Platanthera obtusata compared with Platanthera clavellata

Key Differences

• habénaire obtuse is Endangered while habénaire clavellée is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	habénaire obtuse	habénaire clavellée
Kingdom same	Plantae (plante)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order same	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family same	Orchidaceae	Orchidaceae
Genus same	Platanthera	Platanthera
Species	Platanthera obtusata	Platanthera clavellata

Evolutionary Relationship

habénaire obtuse and habénaire clavellée share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Platanthera.

Conservation Status

habénaire obtuse

EN — Endangered

habénaire clavellée

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	habénaire obtuse	habénaire clavellée
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

habénaire obtuse

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Finland, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

habénaire clavellée

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada, France, Sweden, and United States.

habénaire obtuse

The Blunt Bog Orchid (Platanthera obtusata) is a species in the genus Platanthera. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

habénaire clavellée

Platanthera clavellata, the small green wood orchid or club-spur orchid, is a terrestrial orchid in the family Orchidaceae native to eastern North America, from Newfoundland and Manitoba south to Florida and Texas. The species grows in a variety of moist to wet habitats including bogs, fens, wet meadows, seeps, swamps, and moist deciduous or coniferous forests. It typically produces a single large basal leaf and a slender flowering stem bearing small, greenish-white or pale yellow flowers arranged in a loose spike. Like other Platanthera orchids, it is pollinated by night-flying moths attracted to its faint fragrance. The club-shaped spur of the flower, which contains nectar, gives the species its common name. P. clavellata is not currently assessed by the IUCN (Not Evaluated), but is considered secure across much of its range in Canada and the eastern United States, though local populations may be threatened by wetland drainage, habitat conversion, and browsing by deer. The species depends on symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi in the soil for germination and early growth, as is typical for terrestrial orchids.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇸 United States