Taxonomy: Fam. Orchidaceae// Genus: Orchis// Species: Orchis purpurea Huds.
Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980).
Lifeform: Perrenial; Geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Europe to west Asia, North Africa according to the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010).
Flowering period: Spring (MAY).
References:
Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Orchis purpurea Huds. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:649036-1 [Accessed 05.05.2021].
The Euro+Med PlantBase. Source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Orchis%20purpurea&PTRefFk=8000000 [Accessed 05.05.2021].
Osogovo nature 