Bletilla striata

Bletilla striata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Arethuseae
Genus:	Bletilla
Species:	B. striata
Binomial name
	Bletilla striata; (Thunb.) Rchb.f. (1878)
Synonyms
	Synonyms list Bletia gebina Lindl. (1847) ; Bletia hyacinthina (Sm.) Aiton (1813) ; Bletia hyacinthina var. gebina (Lindl.) Blume (1858) ; Bletia striata (Thunb.) Druce (1917) ; Bletilla elegantula (Kraenzl.) Garay & G.A. Romero (1998) ; Bletilla gebina (Lindl.) Rchb.f. (1853) ; Bletilla striata f. gebina (Lindl.) Ohwi (1953) ; Bletilla striata var. albomarginata Makino (1929) ; Bletilla striata var. gebina (Lindl.) Rchb.f. (1852) ; Calanthe gebina (Lindl.) Lindl. (1855) ; Coelogyne elegantula Kraenzl. (1921) ; Cymbidium hyacinthinum Sm. (1805) ; Cymbidium striatum (Thunb.) Sw. (1799) ; Epidendrum striatum (Thunb.) Thunb. (1794) ; Gyas humilis Salisb. (1812) ; Jimensia nervosa Raf. (1838) ; Jimensia striata (Thunb.) Garay & R.E. Schult. (1958) ; Limodorum hyacinthinum (Sm.) Donn (1807) ; Limodorum striatum Thunb. (1784) (Basionym) ; Polytoma inodora Lour. ex Gomes Mach. (1868) ; Sobralia bletioides Brongn. ex Decne. (1847) ;

Bletilla striata, known as hyacinth orchid or Chinese ground orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae, native to Japan, Korea, Myanmar (Burma), and China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang). It is most commonly found growing in clumps alongside grassy slopes with sandy soil.

The Latin specific epithet striata means "striped", in reference to the ribbed leaves.