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Salampanja

Dactylorhiza hatagirea

Common Names


Common Names To be Updated Soon

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CLASSIFICATION


TAXON


Dactylorhiza hatagirea

FAMILY 


Orchidaceae Juss.

ALTERNATE FAMILY


nom. cons.

TRIBE


Orchidoideae

SUBTRIBE


Orchideae

GENUS 


Dactylorhiza Neck. ex Nevski

Taxon Note


Dactylorhiza hatagirea is the currently updated scientific name as per ICBN (International Code of Botanical Nomenclature). The correct name may not be updated or its acceptance pending in certain databases.

Synonymous GRIN Taxon


Dactylorhiza hatagirea is not listed in the GRIN database

Plant Description


Plants up to 60 cm tall. Stem stout, ± fistular, leafy. Leaves 3-6, ± adpressed to the stem, unspotted, lanceolate to broadly lanceolate and elliptic, often conspicuously narrowed towards the base, broadest at the middle or somewhat above, mostly large 6-15 (-20) cm long, up to 5 cm broad. Inflorescence broadly cylindric, rather short, (3-)5-10(-15) cm, densely many-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, the lower exceeding the flowers. Flowers vividly colored, purplish-lilac or rose, rarely white. Dorsal sepal erect-spreading, ovate-oblong to lanceolate, up to 10 mm long, lateral sepals somewhat reflexed, slightly longer than the dorsal; petals slightly shorter; apex of dorsal sepal and petals ± hooded. Labellum nearly flat, mostly broader than long, broadly oval, entire or somewhat 3-lobed in front, up to 11 mm long, 13 mm broad, minutely papillose above, tinged with dark purple dots and lines. Spur cylindric, ± obtuse. Ovary slightly twisted, glabrous.

Flowering - Fruting : June-July.

 

*Description source:  Efloras.org

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