Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Genus: Cephalanthera (Helleborine)
Cephalanthera rubra (L.) Rich. - Red Helleborine
Cephalanthera damasonium (Mill.) Druce - White Helleborine
Cephalanthera longifolia (L.) Fritsch - Narrow-Leaved Helleborine
30–50 cm tall. <span class="v1">flowers:</span> erect, sessile, <ba><b>almost always reddish</b></ba>, very rarely whitish. <span class="v1">lip:</span> 2‑partite due to a constriction; <span class="v1">ventral lip segment:</span> mostly covered by ...
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
perennial herbaceous vegetation, forests, shrubbery
in alkaline, dry habitats