Dactylorhiza romana (Sebastiani) Soó 1962 Photo courtesy of P.-M. Blais and the Orchids of France and Europe Page

D sambucina Group

Common Name The Roman Dactylorhiza

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

A small to medium sized, cool growing terrestrial species found in Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Sicily, Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania, Eastern Aegean Islands, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Lebanon, Syria, Turkemenistan and Iran in scrub and open woodlands up to elevations of 2000 meters with 2 to 3 basal, brown sheaths and to 10 linear-lanceolate leaves that blooms on an erect, 6 to 14" [15 to 35 cm] long, terminal, densely many flowered, racemose inflorescence with leaf-like bracts occuring in the spring.

Synonyms Dactylorhiza libanotica (Mouterde) Aver. 1984; Dactylorchis romana (Sebast. & Mauri) Verm. 1947; Dactylorhiza sambucina subsp. pseudosambucina (Tenore) Sundermann 1980; Dactylorhiza sulfurea subsp. pseudosambucina (Tenore) Franco comb. inval. 1980; Orchis bracteata Ten. 1811; Orchis lucana Spreng 1815; Orchis mediterranea Klinge nom. illeg. 1899; Orchis mediterranea subsp. pseudosambucina (Tenore) Klinge comb. illeg ?; Orchis natalis Tineo 1817; Orchis ochroleuca Schur 1866; Orchis pseudosambucina Tenore 1815; *Orchis romana Sebastiani 1813; Orchis romana subsp. libanotica Mouterde 1966; Orchis sambucina Brot. 1804; Orchis siciliensis Klinge 1898; Orchis tenuifolia K.Koch 1849

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East Delforge 2005

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