CCIII Orchidaceae
Author
D. M. Moore (ed.)
text
1980
Cambridge University Press
Camebridge
Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae
325
350
book chapter
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1
.
A
.
anthropophorum
(L
.
) Aiton fil
.
,
Epit
.
Hort
.
Kew
.
281 (1814)
.
Stem 10-40(-60) cm, glabrous, with brownish, sheathing basal scales
.
Lower leaves 5-12 cm, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, canaliculate, erect, later erecto-patent, the upper smaller or bract-like
.
Spike narrowly cylindrical, many-flowered; bracts membranous
.
Flowers greenish-yellow, often with reddish streaks and margins
.
Outer perianth-segments 6-7 mm, ovate- lanceolate, obtuse, the inner shorter and narrower
.
Labellum 12-15 mm, pendent, yellowish, often reddish-brown; lateral lobes c
.
£ as long as the middle
.
2n=42
.
Grassland, rarely scrub; calcicole
.
Mediterranean region and W
.
Europe, north wards to C
.
England and the Netherlands
.
Be B
1
Br Co Cr Ga Ge Gr He Ho Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si
.
Frequently hybridizes with species of
Orchis
, especially
O
.
militaris
,
O
.
purpurea
and
O
.
simia
.