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Gymnadenia lithopolitanica
Austrian gymnadenia is a wild orchid of the eastern Alps, native to Austria and Slovenia, with dense, rounded spikes of pink flowers in June and July. It is a protected wild plant rather than a garden subject, so it is not normally grown at home.
Gymandenia lithopolitanica, the Austrian gymnadenia, is a species of orchid endemic to a portion of the eastern Alps spanning Austria and Slovenia.
Gymandenia lithopolitanica populations have been found in southern Austria in the states of Carinthia and Styria and in northern Slovenia. They are endemic to an area of the eastern Alps encompassing the mountain ranges of Kamnik–Savinja Alps, Koralpe and Karawanken.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gymnadenia lithopolitanica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
