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Small-dotted Orchis

Orchis punctulata

Also called Small Dotted Orchid

Small-dotted Orchis
Photo: Gideon Pisanty (Gidip), CC BY 3.0
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Native range
NE. Greece to W. Asia
Climate
temperate

About

Orchis punctulata, the small-dotted orchis, is a species of orchid. It is native to southeastern Europe (Greece, the part of Turkey in Europe known as East Thrace, and possibly Bulgaria), Crimea in eastern Europe, western Asia (Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, israel, Palestine, and Turkey), and both the North Caucasus and Transcaucasia.

Other Orchis plants

Orchis adenocheila · Anatolian orchid · Man orchid · Branciforti's orchid · Orchis canariensis · Galilee Orchid · Naked Man Orchid · Early Purple Orchid · Military orchid · Pale orchid · Orchis patens · Provence orchid

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Orchis punctulata 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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