Dactylorhiza iberica, (Bieb.) Soó, 1962

D. M. Moore (ed.), 1980, CCIII Orchidaceae, Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae, Camebridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 325-350 : 333

1. D. iberica (Bieb.) Soö ,

Nom. Nov. Gen. Dactylorhiza 3 (1962) { Orchis iberica Bieb. ).

Tubers cylindrical to napiform, long-attenuate, 2- to 3-fid at apex. Stem 25-50 cm, erect, with 3-5 distant leaves in lower half, with stolons. Leaves erecto- patent to suberect, linear-lanceolate, without dark spots. Raceme ovoid or cylindrical. Bracts narrowly lanceolate, as long as or longer than ovary. Flowers pink; labellum with purple spots; spur white towards the base. Perianth-segments oblong or ovate-lanceolate, acute, all convergent into a galea; outer 8-10 mm, 3-veined, the inner up to 8 mm, 1 -veined. Labellum up to 10 x 7-8 mm, patent, obovate, cuneate-flabellate at base, 3-lobed (rarely entire) at apex, minutely papillose-puberulent; lobes equal, the middle narrowly triangular, the lateral broadly triangular, crenulate. Spur narrowly cylindrical, curved, up to c. 1 /2as long as ovary.

Marshes.

Mountains of Greece and Krym. Gr Rs (K)?Tu. (S. W. Asia.)