Common name:
Dark red helleborine
Family:
Scientific name:
Epipactis atrorubens
Main flower color:
Range:
Small, localised regions of north Wales, north England, west Ireland and northwest Scotland
Height:
Up to 60 cm
Habitat:
Rocky places on limestone soils
Flowers:
The three sepals and two upper sepals are all similar in shape and appearance, coloured dark reddish-pink. The lower petal, greenish-red, is cupped at the base, constricted in the middle, widening abruptly just above, and blunt-pointed at the tip, just below which the surface is raised, and wrinkled. The ovary, below the sepals, is lined with short, curved, white hairs. The inflorescence contains from 8 to 20 flowers
Leaves:
Broad, ovate, in two opposite rows
Season:
June to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
