Dactylorhiza sambucina (L.) Soó

Taxonomy: Fam. Orchidaceae// Genus: Dactylorhiza// Species: Dactylorhiza sambucina (L.) Soó

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980).

Distribution: Native to Europe 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).

Habitat: Mountain grasslands and pastures.

Lifeform: Perrenial; geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Flowering period: Spring: MAY.

References:

Dactylorhiza sambucina (L.) Soó. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:626671-1 [Accessed 10.05.2022].

Dactylorhiza sambucina. 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=10467&PTRefFk=8000000 [Accessed 10.05.2022].

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.