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Scientific Name Coeloglossum viride (L.) Hart. Common Name frog orchid, bog orchid, long bracted orchid, American frog orchid, bracted orchid, green-bracted orchid, long-bract frog orchid, long-bract orchis General Description Perennial herb, fleshy roots, stems 6-80 cm tall, smooth Leaves Alternate, inversely heart-shaped to inversely lance-shaped, 2-18 cm long, 1-7 cm wide Flowers

Inflorescence a raceme; flowers 7-70, bilaterally symmetric; sepals 3, fused, egg-shaped, 3-8 mm long, 2-5 mm wide, form hood over the column; lateral petals 2, linear to lance-shaped, 3-5 mm long, 0.5 mm wide, green,…

Inflorescence a raceme; flowers 7-70, bilaterally symmetric; sepals 3, fused, egg-shaped, 3-8 mm long, 2-5 mm wide, form hood over the column; lateral petals 2, linear to lance-shaped, 3-5 mm long, 0.5 mm wide, green, red or brown; lip 3-10 mm long, 0.5-4 mm wide, wedge-shaped to oblong, 2-or 3-toothed at tip; spur pouch-like, 2-3 mm long; stamens 1-2, fused with pistil to form column; ovary inferior

Read More + Fruits and Seeds Capsule, 7-14 mm long, 4-5 mm wide, ellipsoid, 3-valved; seeds 20-40 million, dust like, 0.05-6 mm long, 0.01-9 mm wide, tubular or balloon-shaped Phenology Flowers from June to July Notes The name Coeloglossum comes from the Greek words koilos and glossum, which means “hollow tongue.” The name referes to the spur. The species name viride, meaning “greenish,” refers to the green flowers. Range/Distribution

Alberta: Throughout the whole province CAN (BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT); USA (AK, AZ, CO, CT, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA,…

Alberta: Throughout the whole province CAN (BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT); USA (AK, AZ, CO, CT, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY)

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