Serapias parviflora, Parl., 1837, 1837

D. M. Moore (ed.), 1980, CCIII Orchidaceae, Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae, Camebridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 325-350 : 344

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.215522

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283392

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Serapias parviflora
status

 

5. S. parviflora Pari. View in CoL View at ENA   LSID ,

Gior. Sei. Sic. 59: 66 (1837) (S. occultata Gay View in CoL ).

Tubers 2(-3), sessile, ovoid. Stem 10-35 cm, with green, frequently spotted basal sheaths. Spike elongate, 3- to 10(-12)- flowered; bracts equalling or slightly exceeding flowers, red to reddish-green, usually with dark purple veins. Flowers 15-20 mm; perianth-segments subequal; outer linear-lanceolate, acute, free except at base, lilac; inner lateral ovate-lanceolate, greenish or reddish. Labellum about as long as the other segments, with 2 dark purple parallel ridges at base; lateral lobes rounded, some­ times erect, blackish, partly hidden by galea; epichile lanceolate, acute, narrowed at base, narrower than hypochile, brownish-red, rarely white. 2n = 36.

Grasslandand maritime sands.

Mediterranean region, C. & S. Portugal. A 1 B 1 Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si Tu.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Serapias

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