Orchis purpurea

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Orchis purpurea']

• English: Lady Orchid, lady orchid
• العربية: سحلب أرجواني
• مصرى: سحلب ارجوانى
• azərbaycanca: Purpur səhləb
• български: Пурпурен салеп
• čeština: vstavač nachový
• Cymraeg: Tegeirian ysblennydd
• dansk: Stor gøgeurt
• Deutsch: Purpur-Knabenkraut, Purper-Knabenkraut
• Esperanto: Purpura orkido
• español: Orquídea púrpura
• فارسی: ثعلب ارغوانی
• français: Orchis pourpré, orchis pourpré
• galego: Orquídea púrpura grande
• hornjoserbsce: Bahorowa pihawka
• magyar: Bíboros kosbor
• italiano: Orchide maggiore
• Lëtzebuergesch: Purpurrout Bouwekraut
• മലയാളം: ഓർക്കിസ് പർപുരിയ
• Nederlands: Purperorchis, purperorchis
• norsk nynorsk: Purpurnøklar
• polski: Storczyk purpurowy
• русский: Ятрышник пурпурный
• slovenčina: vstavač purpurový
• slovenščina: škrlatnordeča kukavica
• svenska: Stornycklar
• українська: Зозулинець пурпуровий

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Orchideae • Subtribus: Orchidinae • Genus: Orchis • Species: Orchis purpurea Hudson (1762)

Synonyms

Homotypic synonyms Orchis militaris var. purpurea (Huds.) Huds., Fl. Angl., ed. 2: 384 (1778) Orchis purpurea f. vulgaris Leimbach in H.Potonié, Ill. Fl., ed. 3: 140 (1887) Heterotypic synonyms Orchis fuscata Pall., Reise Russ. Reich. 2: 124 (1773) Orchis fusca Jacq., Fl. Austriac. 4: 4 (1776) Orchis moravica Jacq., Icon. Pl. Rar. 1: t. 182 (1785) Orchis brachiata Gilib., Exerc. Phyt. 2: 477 (1792) Orchis militaris Hornem. in G.C.Oeder & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Dan.: t. 1277 (1806) Strateuma grandis Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 290 (1812) Orchis militaris var. fusca (Jacq.) Tinant, Fl. Luxemb.: 438 (1836) Orchis jacquinii Godr., Fl. Lorraine 3: 33 (1844) Orchis maxima K.Koch, Linnaea 19: 14 (1846) Orchis purpurea var. moravica (Jacq.) Rech.f., Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 13-14: 31 (1851) Orchis fusca var. idiocrana C.Morren, Belgique Hort. 2: 213 (1852) Orchis fusca var. obcordata Wirtg., Fl. Preuss. Rheinprov.: 421 (1857) Orchis fusca var. rotundata Wirtg., Fl. Preuss. Rheinprov.: 421 (1857) Orchis fusca var. triangularis Wirtg., Fl. Preuss. Rheinprov.: 421 (1857) Orchis × hybrida var. jacquinii (Godr.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 690 (1882) Orchis purpurea f. angustiloba Leimbach in H.Potonié, Ill. Fl., ed. 3: 140 (1887) Orchis purpurea f. incisiloba Leimbach in H.Potonié, Ill. Fl., ed. 3: 140 (1887) Orchis purpurea f. monstrosa Leimbach in H.Potonié, Ill. Fl., ed. 3: 140 (1887) Orchis purpurea var. moravica (Jacq.) Leimbach in H.Potonié, Ill. Fl., ed. 3: 140 (1887) Orchis purpurea f. obtusiloba Leimbach in H.Potonié, Ill. Fl., ed. 3: 140 (1887) Orchis purpurea f. rotundiloba Leimbach in H.Potonié, Ill. Fl., ed. 3: 140 (1887) Orchis purpurea subsp. moravica (Jacq.) K.Richt., Pl. Eur. 1: 267 (1890) Orchis purpurea var. eliasii Sennen & Pau, Exsicc. (Fl. Hisp.) 1903: 143 (1903) Orchis purpurea var. tyraica Zapal., Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 1: 203 (1906) Orchis purpurea var. amediastina E.G.Camus, Monogr. Orchid.: 128 (1908) Orchis purpurea var. parallela E.G.Camus, Monogr. Orchid.: 128 (1908) Orchis purpurea var. spathulata E.G.Camus, Monogr. Orchid.: 128 (1908) Orchis purpurea f. acutilobata Ruppert, Verh. Naturhist. Vereines Preuss. Rheinl. Westphalens 1924: 174 (1924) Orchis purpurea f. ruppertiana Soó, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 28 (1927) Orchis purpurea f. triangularis (Wirtg.) Soó, Bot. Arch. 23: 46 (1928) Orchis lokiana H.Baumann, Mitt. Arbeitskreis Heimische Orchid. Baden-Württemberg 14: 244 (1982) Orchis purpurea subsp. lokiana (H.Baumann) H.Baumann & R.Lorenz, J. Eur. Orch. 37: 729 (2005)

Species

Natural habitats

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  Orchis purpurea
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Münstereifel
  Eschweiler - Kuttenberg
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - NSG Karlstadter Trockengebiete
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  Orchis purpurea
  Austria - Lower Austria
  Burgstall (Haslach)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Austria - Lower Austria
  Burgstall (Haslach)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Austria - Lower Austria
  Korneuburg - Rohrwald
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  Orchis purpurea
  Austria - Lower Austria
  Korneuburg - Rohrwald
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  Orchis purpurea
  Austria - Lower Austria
  Burgstall (Haslach)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Ilbesheim, Kleine Kalmit
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  Orchis purpurea
  France - Beinheim
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  Orchis purpurea
  France - Beinheim
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  Orchis purpurea
  France - Beinheim
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Rheinwald bei Forchheim (Baden)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Rheinwald bei Forchheim (Baden)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Rheinwald bei Forchheim (Baden)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Rheinwald bei Forchheim (Baden)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Rheinwald bei Forchheim (Baden)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Rheinwald bei Forchheim (Baden)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Rheinwald bei Forchheim (Baden)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Karlsruhe
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Karlsruhe
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Karlsruhe
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Ebringen
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Ebringen

Images of the whole plant

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  Orchis purpurea
  Thuringia, Germany
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Nördlinger Ries
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  Orchis purpurea
  Czechia, Český kras
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Saxony-Anhalt
  Saale-Unstrut-Triasland
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  Orchis purpurea
  Italy - Emilia-Romagna, NW Rossena
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  Orchis purpurea
  Spain
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Bad Münstereifel
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  Orchis purpurea
  Spain
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  Orchis purpurea
  France - La Repentance
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  Orchis purpurea
  France - La Repentance
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  Orchis purpurea
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  Orchis purpurea
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  Orchis purpurea
  France - Riez de Boffles
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  Orchis purpurea
  Hungary - Budapest
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  Orchis purpurea
  Italy - Alessandria
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  Orchis purpurea
  Spain
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  Orchis purpurea
  Spain
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  Orchis purpurea
  Spain
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  Orchis purpurea
  Thuringia, Germany
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Ersingen
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Rheinwald bei Forchheim (Baden)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Rheinwald bei Forchheim (Baden)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Untergrombach (Michaelsberg)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Rheinwald bei Karlsruhe
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Rheinwald bei Karlsruhe
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Weingarten (Baden)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Mosbach (Baden)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Rheinwald bei Forchheim (Baden)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Rheinwald bei Forchheim (Baden)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Rheinwald bei Forchheim (Baden)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Untergrombach (Michaelsberg)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Untergrombach (Michaelsberg)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Ebringen

Inflorescences

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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Saarland
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  Orchis purpurea
  France
  Vallée du Pressoir
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Saarland
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  Orchis purpurea
  Austria - Lower Austria
  Korneuburg - Rohrwald
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  Orchis purpurea
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  Orchis purpurea
  France - La Repentance
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  Orchis purpurea
  France - La Repentance
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  Orchis purpurea
  France - La Repentance
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Saarland
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Saarland
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  Orchis purpurea
  Italy - Alessandria
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Saarland
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  Orchis purpurea
  Isère, France
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  Orchis purpurea
  Hungary (white specimen, rare)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Tauberland
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Saarland
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  Orchis purpurea
  France - Riez de Boffles
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  Orchis purpurea
  France - Riez de Boffles
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  Orchis purpurea
  France - Riez de Boffles
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    Orchis purpurea
  France, Hérault
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  Orchis purpurea
  Spain
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  Orchis purpurea
  Thuringia, Germany
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  Orchis purpurea
  Thuringia, Germany
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  Orchis purpurea
  Thuringia, Germany
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Saxony-Anhalt
  Saale-Unstrut-Triasland
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Untergrombach (Michaelsberg)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Rappenwörth (bei Karlsruhe)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Schönberg (bei Freiburg)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Lilienthal (Kaiserstuhl)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Lilienthal (Kaiserstuhl)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Ungeheuerklamm (Untergrombach)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Ungeheuerklamm (Untergrombach)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Mosbach (Baden)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Central Italy
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Karlsruhe
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Wasserliesch (Rhineland-Palatinate)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Ebringen
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Ebringen

Flowers

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  Orchis purpurea
  Hungary - Budapest
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Rheinwald bei Forchheim (Baden)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Karlsruhe
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Rheinwald bei Forchheim (Baden)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Rheinwald bei Karlsruhe
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  Orchis purpurea
  France
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  Orchis purpurea
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  Orchis purpurea
  France - Riez de Boffles
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  Orchis purpurea
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  Orchis purpurea
  Closeup
  France - Maine-et-Loire
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  Orchis purpurea
  Italy - Alessandria
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  Orchis purpurea
  Italy - Alessandria
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Mosbach (Baden)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Rheinwald bei Forchheim (Baden)
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  Orchis purpurea
  France - Riez de Boffles
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  Orchis purpurea
  Italy - Alessandria
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Lilienthal (Kaiserstuhl)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Turkey
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  Orchis purpurea
  Turkey
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Wasserliesch (Rhineland-Palatinate)

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  Orchis purpurea
  with Thomisus onustus

Buds

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  Orchis purpurea
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  Orchis purpurea
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  Orchis purpurea
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  Orchis purpurea
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  Orchis purpurea

Leaves

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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Weingarten (Baden)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Weingarten (Baden)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Germany - Karlsruhe

Subspecies - Varietas - Forma

Orchis purpurea f. albida G. Camus 1929

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  Orchis purpurea
  f. albida
  Germany - Saarland
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  Orchis purpurea
  f. albida
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  Orchis purpurea
  f. albida
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  Orchis purpurea
  f. albida
  Germany - Saarland
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  Orchis purpurea
  f. albida
  Germany - Saarland
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  Orchis purpurea
  f. albida
  Germany - Saarland
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  Orchis purpurea
  f. albida
  Germany - Saarland
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  Orchis purpurea
  f. albida
  France - Riez de Boffles

Nothospecies

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  Orchis × angusticruris

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  Orchis × hybrida

Botanical illustrations

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  Orchis purpurea
  vol. 4 - plate 10 in:
  Jacob Sturm:
  Deutschlands Flora
  in Abbildungen
  (Orchidaceae)
  (1796)
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  Orchis purpurea
  plate 255 in:
  John Curtis:
  British Entomology vol. 2
  (1828-1840)
  (with: Abdera biflexuosa)

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  Orchis purpurea
  (as syn.
  Orchis fusca)
  plate 1741 in:
  Otto Wilhelm Thomé:
  Flora von Deutschland, Österreich u.d. Schweiz
  (Orchidaceae),
  Gera (1885)
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  Orchis purpurea
  plate 1363 in:
  Flora Batava
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 18,
  (1889)
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  Orchis purpurea
  (as syn.
  Orchis fusca)
  plate 38 in:
  Henry Correvon:
  Album des orchidées de l'Europe centrale et septentrionale
  Genève (1899)
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  Orchis purpurea
  Tafel 16 in:
  Walter Müller:
  Abbildungen der in Deutschland und den angrenzenden Gebieten vorkommenden Grundformen der Orchideenarten
  Berlin (1904)

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  Orchis purpurea
  Plate 28 in:
  E.-G. Camus (1852-1915):
  Iconographie des orchidées
  d'Europe et du bassin Méditerranéen
  Paris (1921)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Denmark, Great Britain. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Regional: Eastern Europe Krym, Ukraine. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia East Aegean Islands, Turkey.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Orchis purpurea.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Orchis purpurea