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Ophrys ferrum-equinum Desf. 1807

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8. O. ferrum-equinum Desf.,

Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 10: 226 (1807).

Plant 10-35 cm. Basal leaves lanceolate, acute, the cauline 1 -2, similar or smaller. Spike 2- to 5-flowered, lax. Outer perianth-segments 8-10 mm, oblong-ovate to orbicular, purple, pink, green, greenish-purple or whitish; inner 6-8 mm, at least 1 /2as long as the outer, linear-lanceolate, purple or pink, glabrous. Labellum 10-12 x 8-12 mm, orbicular to obovate, velutinous, without basal protuberances, with an appendage, dark purple, rarely brown; speculum horseshoe-shaped, scutelliform, or of 2 parallel lines, in the anterior part of the labellum. Connective acute.

Greece and Aegean region. ?A 1 Gr.

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 347, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.215522

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Scientific name authorship
Desf.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Ophrys
Species
ferrum-equinum
Taxon rank
species
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Ophrys ferrum-equinum Desf., 1807 sec. Moore, 1980