Habenaria sparsiflora Wats.
[= Platanthera sparsiflora]

Oregon: Near summit of Siskiyou Mountains.
In boggy ______ [unreadable]. In dense tufts. Duplicate sheet from New York Botanical Garden. Five notes on label: #1: Type locality? (Goat Mountains) #2: This especially peculiar in its fleshy - not tuberous - _____ which unites the roots to form a dense ____ unseparable mass. Howell says " Coast Mtns" which it may be. #3: Habenaria aggregata Howell. I cannot find this form in Dr. Rydberg's monograph of his genera Limnorchis and Piperia, nor can I associated the characters with any species of Habenaria of which I have knowledge. It may be closely allied to Habenaria sparsiflora Watson than I now suppose but its "tufted habit" is odd. Oakes Ames, Oct. 1903. #4: See Howell's Flora of the Northwest States for description. #5: F. Kraenglin must have overlooked this species. Had it been brought to his attention he would surely have relegated it to H. hyperborea. O. A. Phenology: Flowers.

Wm. C. Cusick 2933a, Jul 1931
WTU, Accession: 147443