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Marsh helleborine

Epipactis palustris

Also called Marsh Orchid

Marsh helleborine
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Europe to Caucasus and Mongolia
Climate
temperate

About

Epipactis palustris, the marsh helleborine, is a species of orchid native to Europe and Asia.

Where it grows

Europe, including the United Kingdom and Mediterranean countries, Turkey, north Iraq, the Caucasus, north Iran, West and East Siberia and Central Asia. This species occurs in the Sarmatic mixed forests ecoregion.

Other Epipactis plants

Royal helleborine · Dune Helleborine · Stream orchid · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Narrow-lipped helleborine · Small-leaved Helleborine · Mueller's Epipactis · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Green Flower Helleborine · Green-flowered Helleborine · Violet Helleborine · Helleborine

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Epipactis palustris by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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