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Ophrys battandieri is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to Spain and northwest Africa (Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia), and possibly elsewhere. Ophrys murbeckii may be treated as a synonym.
The precise distribution of Ophrys battandieri depends on which other taxa are synonymized with it. Its primary distribution is northwest Africa (Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia) and southern Spain. Some sources also consider it native to France, Crete and Sicily, or restrict its distribution to northwest Africa. In northwest Africa, it is found in a variety of habitats, including nutrient-poor meadows, dry grassland, open garrigue, open woodland and wasteland at elevations from sea level to 900 m (3,000 ft). It favours calcareous or sandy soils.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ophrys battandieri 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.
