Ophrys sphegodes subsp. litigiosa, (Camus) Becherer, 1925

D. M. Moore (ed.), 1980, CCIII Orchidaceae, Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae, Camebridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 325-350 : 346

(b) Subsp. litigiosa (Camus) Becherer ,

Beitr. Pflanzengeogr. Nordschweiz 46 (1925) (O. litigiosa Camus ):

Flowers usually 6-10, rarely fewer. Inner perianth-segments 1 -veined. Labellum 5-8 x 5-8 mm, usually without basal protuberances, pale- or blackish- brown, rarely yellowish, papillose-velutinous, entire, rarely indistinctly 3-lobed; speculum irregularly H-shaped or scutelli­ form, glabrous. 2n = 36.

S. & S. C. Europe.