Epipactis palustris
| Marsh helleborine | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Epipactis |
| Species: | E. palustris |
| Binomial name | |
| Epipactis palustris | |
Epipactis palustris (marsh helleborine[1]) is an orchid native to Europe, Turkey, north Iraq, the Caucasus, north Iran, West and East Siberia and Central Asia.[2][3] This species occurs in the Sarmatic mixed forests ecoregion.[4]
Description
This species has a stem growing to 60 cm high with erect leaves up to 12 cm long. The flowers are 17 mm across arranged in a one-sided raceme. In the typical form, the sepals are coloured deep pink or purplish-red, the upper petals shorter and paler. The labellum at least as long as the sepals, white with red or yellow spots in the middle.[5] Variants without most of the reddish colours of the typical form have been called E. palustris var. ochroleuca.[6]
Variation in flower colour
References
- ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ↑ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
- ↑ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families TDWG Geocodes" (PDF).
- ↑ C.Michael Hogan. 2011. "Sarmatic mixed forests". Topic ed. Sidney Draggan. Ed.-in-chief Cutler J.Cleveland. Encyclopedia of Earth. Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment
- ↑ Webb, D.A., Parnell, J. and Doogue, D. 1996. An Irish Flora Dundalgan Press Ltd, Dundalk. ISBN 0-85221-131-7
- ↑ Davies, Paul; Davies, Paul; Huxley, Anthony (1983). Wild Orchids of Britain and Europe. London: Chatto & Windus. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-7011-2642-1.
External links
Media related to Epipactis palustris at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Epipactis palustris at Wikispecies- Epipactis palustris at the Encyclopedia of Life
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