Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Genus: Neottia (Nest Orchid)
Neottia ovata (L.) Bluff & Fingerh. - Common Twayblade
Neottia cordata (L.) Rich. - Lesser Twayblade
Neottia nidus-avis (L.) Rich. - Bird's-Nest Orchid
<b>20–50 cm tall</b>. <span class="v1">inflorescence:</span> <ba>racemose</ba>, <b>maximal 60‑flowered</b>. <span class="v1">flowers:</span> <ba>stalked</ba>, <ba>greenish</ba>; <ba>lip <b>yellowish</b></ba>. <span class="v1">lip:</span> <ba>flat</b...
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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Natural, established occurences |  |
Artificial occurences |
The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
forests, shrubbery, bogs, sedge-lands, grassland & dwarf shrub heaths, ruderal vegetation
in alkaline, periodically wet habitats