!Epipactis helleborine (Linne) Crantz 1769 SECTION Epipactis Photo courtesy of P.Pernot and the Orchids of France and Europe
Ensitu Russian Orchid - Inflorescence with visitor
Ensitu Russian Plant and Flowers Photos courtesy of Yuri Mitrofanov
Russian Ensitu Plant in Moscow Area - Different color form
Another Aspect Emphasizing Lip
Plant and Inflorescence 100 miles south of Moscow
Inflorescence Detail with Bracts Photos courtesy of Andrew Krukov
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Common Name Broad Leafed Helleborine
Flower Size to 1" [to 2.5 cm]
Found in Ireland, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, France, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Czechloslovakia, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Hungary, Yugosalvia, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Russia, Cyprus, Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, China, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Pakistan, western Himalayas and Bhutan as well as an alien invasive species in NE Canada and USA in deciduous and coniferous woodlands, ravines, thickets and on the banks of streams at elevations of sealevel to 2500 meters as a large sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with an erect stem carrying 5 to 9 large, ovate to elliptic, spirally arranged, acuminate leaves that blooms on a terminal, secund, laxly many [15 to 50] flowered inflorescence arising in the late spring and summer.
Synonyms Amesia consimilis (D.Don) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr. 1913; Amesia discolor (Kraenzl.) Hu 1925; Amesia latifolia (L.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr. 1913; Amesia latifolia f. monotropoides Mousley 1927; Amesia orbicularis (K.Richt.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr. 1913; Amesia pycnostachys (K.Koch) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr. 1913; Amesia squamellosa (Schltr.) Hu 1925; Amesia tangutica (Schltr.) Hu 1925; Amesia yunnanensis (Schltr.) Hu 1925; Calliphyllon latifolium (L.) Bubani 1901; Cymbidium latifolium Sw. 1799; Epipactis atroviridis Linton 1903; Epipactis consimilis D.Don 1825; Epipactis dalhousiae Wight 1851; Epipactis discolor Kraenzl. 1921; Epipactis helleborine f. albifolia M.R.Lowe 1990; Epipactis helleborine f. luteola P.M.Br. 1996; Epipactis helleborine f. monotropoides (Mousley) Scoggan 1978; Epipactis helleborine subsp. latina W.Rossi & E.Klein 1987; Epipactis helleborine subsp. minor (K.Engel) K.Engel 1992; Epipactis helleborine subsp. neerlandica (Verm.) Buttler 1986; Epipactis helleborine subsp. orbicularis (K.Richt.) E.Klein 1997; Epipactis helleborine subsp. renzii (Robatsch) Løjtnant 1996; Epipactis helleborine subsp. viridis Soó 1969; Epipactis helleborine var. herbacea (Lindl.) S.N.Mitra 1973; Epipactis helleborine var. intrusa (Lindl.) S.N.Mitra 1973; Epipactis helleborine var. minor K.Engel 1984; Epipactis helleborine var. neerlandica Verm. 1949; ; Epipactis helleborine var. orbicularis Soó ?; Epipactis helleborine var. platyphylla Irmisch 1842; Epipactis helleborine var. renzii (Robatsch) J.Claess. Kleynen & Wielinga 1998; Epipactis helleborine var. tangutica (Schltr.) S.C.Chen & G.H.Zhu 2003; Epipactis helleborine var. thomsonii (Hook.f.) S.N.Mitra 1973; Epipactis helleborine var. viridans Crantz 1769; Epipactis herbacea Lindl. 1839; Epipactis intrusa Lindl. 1857; Epipactis latifolia [L.] Allioni, nom. illeg. 1785; Epipactis latifolia var. intrusa (Lindl.) Hook.f. 1890; Epipactis latifolia var. thomsonii Hook.f. 1890; Epipactis latina (W.Rossi & E.Klein) B.Baumann & H.Baumann 1988; Epipactis ligulata Hand.-Mazz. 1936; Epipactis macrostachya Lindl. 1840; Epipactis micrantha E.Peter 1937; Epipactis monticola Schltr. 1924; Epipactis nephrocordia Schltr. 1924; Epipactis orbicularis K.Richt. 1887; Epipactis neerlandica (Verm.) Devillers-Tersch. & Devillers 1991; Epipactis ovalis Bab. in J.E.Sm. 1843; Epipactis pycnostachys K.Koch 1849; Epipactis renzii Robatsch 1988; Epipactis squamellosa Schltr. 1919; Epipactis tangutica Schltr. 1919; Epipactis tremolsii subsp. latina (W.Rossi & E.Klein) S.Hertel & Riech. 2003; Epipactis uliginosa Vest 1825 ; Epipactis viridans Beck ?; Epipactis viridiflora Rupr. 1847; Epipactis voethii Robatsch 1993; Epipactis youngiana A.J.Richards & A.F.Porter 1982; Epipactis yunnanensis Schltr. 1919; Helleborine atroviridis (Linton) F.Hanb. 1908; Helleborine consimilis (D.Don) Druce 1909; Helleborine helleborine (L.) Druce 1925; Helleborine latifolia (All.) Druce 1907; Helleborine macrostachya (Lindl.) Soó 1929; Helleborine nephrocardia (Schltr.) Soó 1929; Helleborine orbicularis (K.Richt.) Druce 1908; Helleborine ovalis (Bab.) Druce 1905; Helleborine pycnostachys (K.Koch) Druce 1909; Helleborine squamellosa (Schltr.) Soó 1929; Helleborine tangutica (Schltr.) Soó 1929; Helleborine varians Soó 1928; Helleborine viridans (Crantz) Samp. 1913; Helleborine yunnanensis (Schltr.) Soó 1929; Limodorum latifolium (L.) Kuntze 1891; Serapias consimilis (D.Don) A.A.Eaton 1908; *Serapias helleborine L. 1753; Serapias helleborine L. var. latifolia Linne 1753; Serapias latifolia [Linne] Huds. 1762; Serapias memoralis Salisb. 1796
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Europe, North Africa and the Middle east Delforge 2005
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