Elder-flowered Orchid
Dactylorhiza sambucina Fr: orchis à odeur de sureau
This orchid comes in two colors: one has pale yellow flowers with brownish-orange speckles and the other is purple with an orangish center and brown-orange speckles. Both colors grow in the same area, with the two often side-by-side.
Flowers. Apr-July
Flower. The inflorescence consists of a compact raceme with 20-40 flowers.
Leaves. lanceolate
Habitat. Heathlands, open grassy areas. Likes calcareous soil. We find fields of them every Spring on the Plateau de Calern.
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