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Neottia cordata
Also called Heartleaf Twayblade, Heart Leaved Twayblade, Western Heart Leaved Twayblade
Neottia cordata, the lesser twayblade or heartleaf twayblade, is an orchid of upland bogs and mires. It was formerly placed in the genus Listera, but molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that Neottia nidus-avis, the bird's-nest orchid, evolved within the same group.
It is never very common but may be frequently overlooked because of its small size and a tendency to grow underneath heather on sphagnum moss.
It has a circumpolar distribution being found in Europe, Asia and large parts of North America. In the United Kingdom its distribution is largely western and northern, becoming most common in the western Highlands of Scotland, Snowdonia in Wales, and the Lake District and the Pennines in England, but also a small population as far south as Exmoor.
Auricled Twayblade · Northwestern twayblade · Southern Twayblade · Northern Twayblade · Neottia confusa · Broadlipped Twayblade · Neottia dihangensis · Neottia gaudissartii · Bird's-nest orchid · Common twayblade · Kidneyleaf twayblade · Neottia smithiana
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Neottia cordata 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.
