CCIII Orchidaceae Author D. M. Moore (ed.) text 1980 Cambridge University Press Camebridge Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae 325 350 book chapter 10.5281/zenodo.215522 e75af61c-ea0f-4791-94c6-806a39e338ea 052120108X 215522 21 . O . anatolica Boiss . , Diagn . PI . Or . Nov . 1 (5): 56 (1844) . Tubers subglobose or ovoid, sessile or shortly stipitate . Stem 15-40 cm, erect or slightly flexuous, with a basal rosette of 2-5 leaves and with sheaths above, naked in upper part . Leaves lanceolate or oblong, gradually narrowed towards the base . Spike ovoid, lax, few-flowered . Bracts lanceolate or linearlanceolate, 1 - to 3-veined, usually somewhat shorter than ovary . Flowers purple or pale pink . Outer perianth-segments 8-10 mm, oblong-ovate or -lanceolate, obtuse, the 2 lateral patent, the median oblong-lanceolate, directed downward or recurved; inner perianth-segments oblong-ovate, subobtuse . Labellum 10-14 (-17) x 10—14(—17) mm, obovate, 3-lobed; lateral lobes rhombic, truncate; middle lobe squarish, truncate or excised, longer than the lateral . Spur linear-conical, widened towards the mouth, longer than ovary . Islands of S . Aegean region . Cr Gr . (S . W . Asia . ) Plants from Kriti, with larger, greenish-violet flowers, an elongated labellum and the spur conspicuously curved upwards, have been named subsp . sitiaca Renz, Feddes Repert . 30: 100 (1932) . Their status requires investigation .