Club-Spur Orchid vs lesser butterfly-orchid

Platanthera clavellata compared with Platanthera bifolia

Key Differences

• Club-Spur Orchid is Not Evaluated while lesser butterfly-orchid is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Club-Spur Orchid	lesser butterfly-orchid
Kingdom same	Plantae (thực vật)	Plantae (thực vật)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order same	Asparagales (Bộ Măng tây)	Asparagales (Bộ Măng tây)
Family same	Orchidaceae	Orchidaceae
Genus same	Platanthera	Platanthera
Species	Platanthera clavellata	Platanthera bifolia

Evolutionary Relationship

Club-Spur Orchid and lesser butterfly-orchid share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Platanthera.

Conservation Status

Club-Spur Orchid

NE — Not Evaluated

lesser butterfly-orchid

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Club-Spur Orchid	lesser butterfly-orchid
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Club-Spur Orchid

Habitat

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

Range

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

lesser butterfly-orchid

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Club-Spur Orchid

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 1 countries:

🇸🇪 Sweden