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Definition of Ragged-fringed orchid
1. Noun. Fringed orchid of the eastern United States having a greenish flower with the lip deeply lacerated.
Generic synonyms: Fringed Orchid, Fringed Orchis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ragged-fringed Orchid
Literary usage of Ragged-fringed orchid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1907)
"Have tried the following: pink lady's slipper, ragged fringed orchid, purple
fringed orchid, calopogon, adder's mouth or rose pogonia, and arethusa. ..."
2. Flora of Vermont: A List of the Fern and Seed Plants Growing Without Cultivation by Ezra Brainerd, Vermont Botanical Club, Lewis Ralph Jones, Willard Webster Eggleston (1900)
"(H. Hookeri, Torr.) Dry woods ; occasional. H. hyperborea, R. Br. Bogs and cold
woods ; frequent. H. lacera, R. Br. Ragged Fringed Orchid. Moist ground. ..."
3. Nantucket Wild Flowers by Alice Owen Albertson (1921)
"R. Br. Greenish-white Ragged Fringed Orchid, Ragged Orchid, June-August Green
Fringed Orchid. Habenaria: for derivation see ..."
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