Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz

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Taxonomy: Fam. Orchidaceae// Genus: Epipactis// Species: Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz.

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

Distribution: Native from Europe to Siberia and China, Northwest Africa according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: European beech forests.

Lifeform: Perrenial; geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Flowering period: Summer: JUL, AUG.

Epipactis helleborine – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 24.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epipactis helleborine – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 24.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epipactis helleborine – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 24.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epipactis helleborine – inflorescence. Osogovo, Ponikva, 24.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epipactis helleborine – inflorescence. Osogovo, Ponikva, 24.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epipactis helleborine – inflorescence. Osogovo, Ponikva, 24.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epipactis helleborine – flower buds. Osogovo, Ponikva, 24.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epipactis helleborine – flowers. Osogovo, Ponikva, 24.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epipactis helleborine – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 24.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epipactis helleborine – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 24.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epipactis helleborine – flowers. Osogovo, Ponikva, 24.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epipactis helleborine – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 24.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epipactis helleborine – stem with leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 24.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epipactis helleborine – stem with leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 24.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epipactis helleborine – stem with leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 24.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epipactis helleborine – leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 24.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epipactis helleborine – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 24.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epipactis helleborine – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 24.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epipactis helleborine – lower part of stem. Osogovo, Ponikva, 24.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epipactis helleborine – lower part od stem with scale. Osogovo, Ponikva, 24.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:633228-1 [Accessed 30.07.2022].

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.

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