Taxonomy: Fam. Orchidaceae// Genus: Anacamptis// Species: Anacamptis papilionacea (L.) R. M. Bateman, Pridgeon & M. W. Chase
Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980) as Orchis papilionacea L. The accepted name in the Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010) is Anacamptis papilionacea (L.) R. M. Bateman, Pridgeon & M. W. Chase
Distribution: Native from the Mediterranean to Caucasus according to the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Habitat: Grasslands/ hill pastures – on calcareous soil; calcicole species.
Lifeform: Perrenial; geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Flowering period: Late spring- summer: MAY, JUN.
References:
Anacamptis papilionacea (L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:998302-1 [Accessed 03.02.2022].
Anacamptis papilionacea. 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?NameId=5318&PTRefFk=8000000 [Accessed 03.02.2022].
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.
Osogovo nature 