Himantoglossum caprinum
Himantoglossum caprinum
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Plant to 100 cm. Stem normally tinged purple-violet above. Leaves lanceolate, lower broader. Spike ± lax, to 45 cm long and c. 15 cm broad. Bracts narrowly lanceolate. Flowers usually bright purple. Sepals ovate-oblong, 14-17 mm, forming a greenish-purple hood. Labellum large, base with fascicles of short, dark purple hairs and papillae; middle lobe to 10 cm x 1.5-2.5 mm, deeply divided at apex. Spur conical, 4-5 mm. Fl. 7. Open Quercus woodland and scrub, grassy edges of forests, on limestone, 200-1400 m.
E. Europe, Crimea, Caucasia. Euxine element.
