Dactylorhiza sambucina, 1962

D. M. Moore (ed.), 1980, CCIII Orchidaceae, Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae, Camebridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 325-350 : 334

2. D. sambucina (L.) Soö ,

loc. cit. (1962) ( Orchis sambucina L.).

Tubers oblong-cylindrical, subentire or shortly lobed. Stern 10-30 cm, usually with 4—5 distant leaves in lower half. Leaves without dark spots; lower obovate-oblanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, more or less obtuse; upper lanceolate; uppermost often reaching the base of inflorescence. Raceme ovoid or shortly cylindrical, many-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, longer than ovary. Flowers pale yellow or purple, rarely bicoloured. Outer perianth-segments 7-10 mm, oblong, obtuse, the 2 lateral patent, the median convergent into a galea with the shorter, obliquely ovate inner perianth-segments; inner segments not enlarged towards the base. Labellum 7-8 x 7-8 mm, porrect, suborbicular, 3-lobed; lobes short, ovate-triangular, obtuse. Spur 8-15 mm, deflexed or horizontal. 2n=?40, 42.

Meadows, scrub and open woods.

Much of Europe, but absent from many of the islands and most of the U. S. S. R. Al Au Bu Co Cz Da Fe Ga Ge Gr He Hs Hu It Ju Lu No Po Rm Rs (B, C, W) Sa Si Su.