Pseudorchis albida, (L.) Á. & D. Löve, 1969, 1969

D. M. Moore (ed.), 1980, CCIII Orchidaceae, Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae, Camebridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 325-350 : 332

1. P. albida (L.) Ä. & D. Love ,

Taxon 18: 312 (1969). ( Leucorchis albida (L.) E. H. F. Meyer, Gymnadenia albida (L.) L. C. M. Richard) .

Tubers divided to base, with the slender cylindrical divisions thickened distally. Stem 12-30(-40) cm, erect, gla­ brous, with 2-3 membranous sheathing scales at base. Lower leaves c. 4, 2-5-8 x 1 - 1 -5 cm, obtuse; upper leaves 1 -2, narrower, acute. Spike 3-7 cm, cylindrical, dense, many-flowered; bracts 3-veined. Flowers 2-3 mm, yellowish- or greenish-white. Outer perianth-segments obtuse, the lateral obliquely ovate, the median ovate, concave; inner slightly shorter, oblong-ovate, obtuse. Labellum 3-lobed; lateral lobes linear-lanceolate, acuminate; middle lobe larger, rather obtuse. Spur 2(-2-5) mm, as long as ovary, cylindrical, obtuse, thickened distally and somewhat curved downwards.

Damp meadows, pastures and grassy heaths.

Europe, southwards to the Pyrenees, S. Appennini and S. Bulgaria, but absent from the U. S. S. R. except the extreme north and west. Au Be Br Bu Cz Da Fa Fe Ga Ge Hb He |H o Hs Is It Ju No Po Rm Rs (N, W) Su.