Platanthera chlorantha, (Custer) Reichenb. in Moessler, 1828, 1828

D. M. Moore (ed.), 1980, CCIII Orchidaceae, Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae, Camebridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 325-350 : 331

2. P. chlorantha (Custer) Reichenb. in Moessler ,

Handb. ed. 2, 2: 1565 (1828) ( Orchis montana auct., vix F. W. Schmidt).

Like 1 but flowers more strongly tinged with green, less fragrant, and with slightly larger perianth-segments; spur 18-27 mm, slightly dilated at apex; anther-cells convergent above but widely separa­ ted below. 2n = 42.

Woods, meadows and damp heaths.

Much of Europe, but absent from parts of the north, east and south-west. All except Az B 1 Cr Fa Is Lu Rs (N, E) Sa Sb.