Orchis mascula (Linnaeus) Linnaeus 1755 ...
18. O. mascula (L.) L., FI. Suec. ed. 2, 310 (1755). Tubers subglobose or ellipsoid. Stem 20-60 cm, erect, with 3-5 leaves in lower half and with sheaths above. Leaves oblong-oblanceolate to narrowly oblong, sometimes with purple spots. Spike ovoid or cylindrical. Bracts lanceolate, 1 - to 3-veined,...
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| Summary: | 18. O. mascula (L.) L., FI. Suec. ed. 2, 310 (1755). Tubers subglobose or ellipsoid. Stem 20-60 cm, erect, with 3-5 leaves in lower half and with sheaths above. Leaves oblong-oblanceolate to narrowly oblong, sometimes with purple spots. Spike ovoid or cylindrical. Bracts lanceolate, 1 - to 3-veined, usually as long as ovary. Flowers purple to pink. Outer perianth-segments 6-8 mm, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, the 2 lateral deflexed, the median more or less erect; inner obliquely ovate-lanceolate. Labeilum 8-15 mm, somewhat longer than wide, broadly ovate to obovate, 3-lobed; lateral lobes ovate or orbicular, obtuse, crenulate towards the apex; middle lobe almost square, truncate to 2-lobed, crenulate. Spur cylindrical, patent. 2n —42. Much of Europe, but absent from E. Fennoscandia and the E. half of U. S. S. R. All except Az Cr Is Rs (N, E) Sb. 1 Spur longer than ovary; lateral lobes of labellum deflexed (d) subsp.olbiensis 1 Spur shorter than to about as long as ovary; lateral lobes of labellum not deflexed ... : 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 pages 340-341, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.215522 ... |
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