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	<title>Minnesota Wildflowers</title>
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	<description>Online field guide to Minnesota wildflowers</description>
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	<webMaster>info@minnesotawildflowers.info (K. Chayka)</webMaster>
	<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:28:19 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Coptis trifolia (Three-leaf Goldthread)</title>
		<link>http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/three-leaf-goldthread</link>
		<guid>http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/three-leaf-goldthread</guid>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:12:51 -0600</pubDate>
		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/coptis-trifolia-19a.jpg" rel="lightbox"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/coptis-trifolia-19a-t.jpg" alt="[photo of Three-leaf Goldthread]" width="80" height="80" align="left" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; single &#189;-inch white flower with 5 to 7 petal-like sepals, many white stamens and 3 to 10 golden modified petals&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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		<title>Platanthera clavellata (Small Green Wood Orchid)</title>
		<link>http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/small-green-wood-orchid</link>
		<guid>http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/small-green-wood-orchid</guid>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:53:53 -0600</pubDate>
		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/platanthera-clavellata-3a.jpg" rel="lightbox"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/platanthera-clavellata-3a-t.jpg" alt="[photo of Small Green Wood Orchid]" width="80" height="80" align="left" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; raceme of &#188;-inch irregular flowers with a square lower lip and long slender club-like spur at the back&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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		<title>Platanthera dilatata (Tall White Bog Orchid)</title>
		<link>http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/tall-white-bog-orchid</link>
		<guid>http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/tall-white-bog-orchid</guid>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:31:13 -0600</pubDate>
		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/platanthera-dilatata-9a.jpg" rel="lightbox"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/platanthera-dilatata-9a-t.jpg" alt="[photo of Tall White Bog Orchid]" width="80" height="80" align="left" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; spike-like raceme of irregular &#188; to &#189; inch white flowers with broad side petal-like sepals and a narrow lower lip.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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		<title>Platanthera flava var. herbiola (Tubercled Rein Orchid)</title>
		<link>http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/tubercled-rein-orchid</link>
		<guid>http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/tubercled-rein-orchid</guid>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:53:14 -0600</pubDate>
		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/platanthera-flava-herbiola-25a.jpg" rel="lightbox"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/platanthera-flava-herbiola-25a-t.jpg" alt="[photo of Tubercled Rein Orchid]" width="80" height="80" align="left" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; spike-like raceme of &#188;-inch irregular green flowers, lower lip broad, rounded at the tip with a bump near the base&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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		<title>Platanthera hyperborea (Northern Green Orchid)</title>
		<link>http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/northern-green-orchid</link>
		<guid>http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/northern-green-orchid</guid>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:37:18 -0600</pubDate>
		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/platanthera-hyperborea-37a.jpg" rel="lightbox"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/platanthera-hyperborea-37a-t.jpg" alt="[photo of Northern Green Orchid]" width="80" height="80" align="left" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; spike-like raceme of irregular &#188; to &#189; inch light green to yellowish flowers with broad side petal-like sepals and a tapering lower lip&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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		<title>Platanthera obtusata (Blunt-leaved Orchid)</title>
		<link>http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/blunt-leaved-orchid</link>
		<guid>http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/blunt-leaved-orchid</guid>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:06:29 -0600</pubDate>
		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/platanthera-obtusata-7a.jpg" rel="lightbox"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/platanthera-obtusata-7a-t.jpg" alt="[photo of Blunt-leaved Orchid]" width="80" height="80" align="left" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; loose raceme of green to whitish irregular flowers with a long narrow lower lip about 1/3 inch long&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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		<title>Platanthera orbiculata (Large Round-leaved Orchid)</title>
		<link>http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/large-round-leaved-orchid</link>
		<guid>http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/large-round-leaved-orchid</guid>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:27:29 -0600</pubDate>
		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/platanthera-orbiculata-21a.jpg" rel="lightbox"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/platanthera-orbiculata-21a-t.jpg" alt="[photo of Large Round-leaved Orchid]" width="80" height="80" align="left" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; loose raceme of 1-inch green and white flowers with a long narrow lower lip and long spur widest at the tip&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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		<title>Platanthera praeclara (Western Prairie Fringed Orchid)</title>
		<link>http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/western-prairie-fringed-orchid</link>
		<guid>http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/western-prairie-fringed-orchid</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:44:05 -0600</pubDate>
		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/platanthera-praeclara-26a.jpg" rel="lightbox"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/platanthera-praeclara-26a-t.jpg" alt="[photo of Western Prairie Fringed Orchid]" width="80" height="80" align="left" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; raceme of creamy white heavily fringed irregular flowers &#190; inch across with a slender 1&#189; inch long spur&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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		<title>Platanthera psycodes (Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid)</title>
		<link>http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/lesser-purple-fringed-orchid</link>
		<guid>http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/lesser-purple-fringed-orchid</guid>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:22:48 -0600</pubDate>
		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/purple/purple-fringed-orchid_0801_093521a.jpg" rel="lightbox"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/purple/purple-fringed-orchid_0801_093521a-t.jpg" alt="[photo of Purple Fringed Orchid]" width="80" height="80" align="left" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; spike-like raceme of irregular lavender to rose-purple flowers &#189; to &#190; inch long with 3 fringed lower lobes&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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		<title>Pogonia ophioglossoides (Rose Pogonia)</title>
		<link>http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/rose-pogonia</link>
		<guid>http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/rose-pogonia</guid>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:10:02 -0600</pubDate>
		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/pogonia-ophioglossoides-20a.jpg" rel="lightbox"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/pogonia-ophioglossoides-20a-t.jpg" alt="[photo of Rose Pogonia]" width="80" height="80" align="left" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 1 or 2 irregular pink flower 1 to 2 inches across with a darker pink fringed lower lip and a yellow beard&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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		<title>Spiranthes cernua (Nodding Ladies'-tresses)</title>
		<link>http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/nodding-ladies-tresses</link>
		<guid>http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/nodding-ladies-tresses</guid>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:00:24 -0600</pubDate>
		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/white/nodding-ladies-tresses_0905_140512a.jpg" rel="lightbox"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/white/nodding-ladies-tresses_0905_140512a-t.jpg" alt="[photo of Nodding Ladies'-tresses]" width="80" height="80" align="left" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; spiraling stalk of slightly nodding, irregular white flowers 1/3 inch long, lower lip crystally translucent with ragged edges&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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