Epipactis muelleri, Godfery, 1921, 1921

D. M. Moore (ed.), 1980, CCIII Orchidaceae, Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae, Camebridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 325-350 : 327

4. E. muelleri Godfery ,

op. cit. 106 (1921).

Leaves 4-8(-10) x (l-5-)2-4 cm, yellowish-green. Raceme 5-12(-17) cm, (10—)15- to 25(-40)-flowered. Flowers patent or slightly erecto-patent; perianth-segments yellowish-green, the outer 7-11 mm, ovatelanceolate. Labellum 7-9(-10) mm; hypochile without nectar; epichile cordate, subobtuse, usually with recurved apex, wider than long, pale pink or greenish, with 2(-3) smooth basal protuberances. Rostellum usually absent; anther sessile, attached almost directly above the stigma.

Open woods and clearings; calcicole.

• W. & C. Europe. Au Be Cz Ga Ge He Ho Hu.