Published December 31, 1980 | Version v1

Chamorchis alpina (Linnaeus) Richard 1817

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Description

1. C. alpina (L.) L. C. M. Richard,

Orchid. Eur. Annot. 35 (1817) (Herminium alpinum (L.) Lindley).

Glabrous. Stem 4-10 cm. Leaves 4—8, about equalling stem, linear, erect. Flowers 3-10 in a short, rather lax spike. Perianth-segments greenish-yellow, variably tinged with purplish-brown, the outer 3-5 mm, broadly oblong, the inner narrower and slightly shorter. Labellum 4 mm, yellowish-green. 2n = 42.

Mountain pastures; calcicole.

• Fennoscandia; Alps; Carpathians. Au Cz Fe Ga Ge He It Ju No Po Rm Rs (N) Su.

Notes

Published as part of D. M. Moore (ed.), 1980, CCIII Orchidaceae, pp. 325-350 in Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae, Camebridge :Cambridge University Press on page 332, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.215522

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
(Linnaeus) Richard
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Chamorchis
Species
alpina
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Chamorchis alpina Richard, 1817 sec. Moore, 1980