Ophrys ferrum-equinum, Desf., 1807

D. M. Moore (ed.), 1980, CCIII Orchidaceae, Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae, Camebridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 325-350 : 347

8. O. ferrum-equinum Desf. ,

Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 10: 226 (1807).

Plant 10-35 cm. Basal leaves lanceolate, acute, the cauline 1 -2, similar or smaller. Spike 2- to 5-flowered, lax. Outer perianth-segments 8-10 mm, oblong-ovate to orbicular, purple, pink, green, greenish-purple or whitish; inner 6-8 mm, at least 1 /2as long as the outer, linear-lanceolate, purple or pink, glabrous. Labellum 10-12 x 8-12 mm, orbicular to obovate, velutinous, without basal protuberances, with an appendage, dark purple, rarely brown; speculum horseshoe-shaped, scutelliform, or of 2 parallel lines, in the anterior part of the labellum. Connective acute.

Greece and Aegean region.?A 1 Gr.