Epipactis palustris

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Epipactis palustris']

• English: Marsh helleborine
• български: Блатен дремник
• català: Hel·leborina dels pantans
• čeština: kruštík bahenní
• чӑвашла: Сӳрĕк курăк
• Cymraeg: Caldrist y gors
• dansk: Sump-Hullæbe
• Deutsch: Sumpf-Stendelwurz
• español: Heleborina de los pantanos
• eesti: Soo-neiuvaip
• فارسی: خربقان باتلاقی
• suomi: suoneidonvaippa
• français: Épipactis des marais
• galego: Raíña das xunqueiras
• hrvatski: Močvarna kruščika
• hornjoserbsce: Běły stawač
• magyar: Mocsári nőszőfű
• italiano: Elleborina palustre
• 日本語: エピパクティス・レプトキラ
• қазақша: Батпақ жылантамыры
• Lëtzebuergesch: Suppen-Harespelorchidee
• lietuvių: Pelkinis skiautalūpis
• latviešu: Purva dzeguzene
• norsk bokmål: Myrflangre
• Nederlands: Moeraswespenorchis
• norsk nynorsk: Myrflangre
• norsk: Myrflangre
• polski: Kruszczyk błotny
• русский: Дремлик болотный
• slovenčina: kruštík močiarny
• svenska: Kärrknipprot
• українська: Коручка болотна
• 中文: 新疆火烧兰
• 中文（简体）: 新疆火烧兰

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Neottieae • Genus: Epipactis • Species: Epipactis palustris (L.) Crantz (1769)

Synonyms

Basionym Serapias helleborine var. palustris L., Sp. Pl.: 950 (1753) Homotypic synonyms Helleborine palustris (L.) Hill, Brit. Herb.: 478 (1756) Serapias palustris (L.) Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 3 (1768) Cymbidium palustre (L.) Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1799(2): 225 (1800) Helleborine palustris (L.) Schrank, Fl. Monac. 2: 190 (1814) Arthrochilium palustre (L.) Beck, Fl. Nieder-Österreich 1: 212 (1890) Limodorum palustre (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 671 (1891) Calliphyllon palustre (L.) Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 4: 57 (1901) Amesia palustris (L.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr., Bot. Gaz. 56: 472 (1913) Heterotypic synonyms Serapias longiflora Asso, Syn. Stirp. Arag.: 131 (1779) Epipactis palustris var. parvifolia Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 650 (1866) Epipactis salina Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 650 (1866) Epipactis palustris var. ochroleuca Barla, Fl. Ill. Nice, Orchid.: t. 10 (1868) Epipactis palustris subsp. salina (Schur) K.Richt., Pl. Eur. 1: 283 (1890) Epipactis palustris f. pumila Zapal., Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 1: 224 (1906) Epipactis palustris var. robusta Zapal., Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 1: 224 (1906) Epipactis palustris var. ericetorum Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 871 (1907) Epipactis palustris var. silvatica Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 871 (1907) Epipactis palustris f. submersa Glück, Biol. Morphol. Untersuch. Wasser- Sumpfgew. 3: 56 (1911) Epipactis palustris var. elatior Pantu, Orch. Roman.: 168 (1915) Epipactis palustris lusus albiflora Höppner, Verh. Naturhist. Vereines Preuss. Rheinl. Westphalens 81: 263 (1924 publ. 1925) Epipactis palustris f. ampla Höppner, Verh. Naturhist. Vereines Preuss. Rheinl. Westphalens 81: 262 (1924 publ. 1925) Epipactis palustris f. elongata Höppner, Verh. Naturhist. Vereines Preuss. Rheinl. Westphalens 81: 260 (1924 publ. 1925) Epipactis palustris f. gracilis Höppner, Verh. Naturhist. Vereines Preuss. Rheinl. Westphalens 81: 262 (1924 publ. 1925) Epipactis palustris f. longibracteata Höppner, Verh. Naturhist. Vereines Preuss. Rheinl. Westphalens 81: 261 (1924 publ. 1925) Epipactis palustris f. macrostachya Höppner, Verh. Naturhist. Vereines Preuss. Rheinl. Westphalens 81: 262 (1924 publ. 1925) Epipactis palustris lusus ochroleuca '' (Barla) Höppner, Verh. Naturhist. Vereines Preuss. Rheinl. Westphalens 81: 263 (1924 publ. 1925) Epipactis palustris f. rectilinguis Höppner, Verh. Naturhist. Vereines Preuss. Rheinl. Westphalens 81: 259 (1924 publ. 1925) Epipactis palustris f. robusta (Zapal.) Höppner, Verh. Naturhist. Vereines Preuss. Rheinl. Westphalens 81: 261 (1924 publ. 1925) Epipactis palustris f. silvatica (Asch. & Graebn.) Höppner, Verh. Naturhist. Vereines Preuss. Rheinl. Westphalens 81: 260 (1924 publ. 1925) Epipactis palustris lusus tricolor Höppner, Verh. Naturhist. Vereines Preuss. Rheinl. Westphalens 81: 263 (1924 publ. 1925) Epipactis palustris lusus violacea Höppner, Verh. Naturhist. Vereines Preuss. Rheinl. Westphalens 81: 263 (1924 publ. 1925) Helleborine palustris lusus albiflora (Höppner) Soó, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 34 (1927) Helleborine palustris f. ampla (Höppner) Soó, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 34 (1927) Helleborine palustris f. longibracteata (Höppner) Soó, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 34 (1927) Helleborine palustris lusus ochroleuca (Barla) Soó, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 34 (1927) Helleborine palustris f. parvifolia (Schur) Soó, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 34 (1927) Helleborine palustris lusus purpurea (Sipkes) Soó, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 34 (1927) Helleborine palustris f. rectilinguis (Höppner) Soó, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 34 (1927) Helleborine palustris f. silvatica (Asch. & Graebn.) Soó, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 34 (1927) Helleborine palustris f. submersa (Glück) Soó, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 34 (1927) Helleborine palustris lusus tricolor (Höppner) Soó, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 34 (1927) Helleborine palustris lusus violacea (Höppner) Soó, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 34 (1927) Helleborine palustris f. ericetorum (Asch. & Graebn.) Soó, Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 23: 116 (1928) Helleborine palustris f. gracilis (Höppner) Soó, Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 23: 116 (1928) Epipactis palustris var. albiflora E.G.Camus in E.G.Camus & A.A.Camus, Iconogr. Orchid. Europe 2: 469 (1929), nom. illeg. Helleborine palustris var. ericetorum (Asch. & Graebn.) Druce in I.M.Hayward, Bot. Pocket-Book, ed. 19: 285 (1930) Epipactis palustris f. ericetorum (Asch. & Graebn.) Soó, Ann. Univ. Sci. Budapest. Rolando Eötvös, Sect. Biol. 11: 55 (1969) Epipactis palustris f. albiflora Aver., Konsp. Rast. Zak.: 39 (1988)

Natural habitats

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  Epipactis palustris and Gymnadenia conopsea
  Germany - Frankenhöhe
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Virngrund
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Plittersdorf
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Plittersdorf
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Tiefenbronn
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Tiefenbronn
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Dietlingen
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Dettenheim
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  Anacamptis pyramidalis
  Germany - Geinsheim (Neustadt an der Weinstraße)
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  Anacamptis pyramidalis
  Germany - Geinsheim (Neustadt an der Weinstraße)

Images of the whole plant

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  Epipactis palustris
  Austria - Tannheimer Tal
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  Epipactis palustris
  Lietuva
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  Epipactis palustris and Dactylorhiza praetermissa, habitat, near Amsterdam, Holland
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  Epipactis palustris
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  Epipactis palustris
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Wörth (bei Karlsruhe)
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Dietlingen
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Plittersdorf
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Plittersdorf
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  Epipactis palustris
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  Epipactis palustris
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Dettenheim
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Dettenheim
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Dettenheim
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Ichenheim
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Ichenheim
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Ichenheim
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  Anacamptis pyramidalis
  Germany - Geinsheim (Neustadt an der Weinstraße)
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  Anacamptis pyramidalis
  Germany - Geinsheim (Neustadt an der Weinstraße)
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  Anacamptis pyramidalis
  Germany - Geinsheim (Neustadt an der Weinstraße)

Inflorescences

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  Epipactis palustris
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  Epipactis palustris
  Belgium - Vlaams Brabant
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  Epipactis palustris
  Estonia - Osmussaar
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  Epipactis palustris
  Austria - Oberes Ybbstal
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  Epipactis palustris
  Austria - Tannheimer Tal
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Virngrund
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  Epipactis palustris
  France - Bucey-lès-Gy
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  Epipactis palustris
  Netherlands
  Meijendel Wassenaar
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  Epipactis palustris
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  Epipactis palustris
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  Epipactis palustris
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  Epipactis palustris
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  Epipactis palustris
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  Epipactis palustris
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  Epipactis palustris
  Illurmaa, Estonia
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Wörth (bei Karlsruhe)
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Wörth (bei Karlsruhe)
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Taubergießen
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Dietlingen
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Dietlingen
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Plittersdorf
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Plittersdorf
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Plittersdorf
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Plittersdorf
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  Epipactis palustris
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Dettenheim
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Dettenheim
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Dettenheim
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Dettenheim
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Dettenheim
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Dettenheim
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Ichenheim
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Ichenheim
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Ichenheim
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  Anacamptis pyramidalis
  Germany - Geinsheim (Neustadt an der Weinstraße)
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  Anacamptis pyramidalis
  Germany - Geinsheim (Neustadt an der Weinstraße)
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  Anacamptis pyramidalis
  Germany - Geinsheim (Neustadt an der Weinstraße)

Flowers

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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Dettenheim
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Dettenheim
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Dettenheim
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Dettenheim
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Ichenheim
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  Anacamptis pyramidalis
  Germany - Geinsheim (Neustadt an der Weinstraße)
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany
  Wertach-Haslach
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Saarland
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Virngrund
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  Epipactis palustris
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  Epipactis palustris
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  Epipactis palustris
  with Apis mellifera
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  Epipactis palustris
  Belgium - Vlaams Brabant
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  Epipactis palustris
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  Anacamptis pyramidalis
  Estonia - Keila
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  Epipactis palustris
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Virngrund
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Frankenhöhe
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  Epipactis palustris
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  Epipactis palustris
  Belgium - Vlaams Brabant
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  Epipactis palustris
  Belgium - Vlaams Brabant
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  Epipactis palustris
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  Epipactis palustris
  England - Anglesey
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  Epipactis palustris
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  Epipactis palustris
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  Epipactis palustris
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Taubergießen
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  Botanical Garden Bern, Switzerland
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Plittersdorf
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Plittersdorf
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  Epipactis palustris
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  Epipactis palustris
  Labellum

Buds

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  Germany - Heimsheim
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  Epipactis palustris

Leaves

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  Epipactis palustris
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Dettenheim
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  Epipactis palustris
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  Epipactis palustris
  Poland - Woiwodschaft Pommern

Capsules (fruit)

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  Epipactis palustris
  seed pods
  Germany - Allgäu
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  Epipactis palustris
  Germany - Saarland
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  Epipactis palustris

Pollinia

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  Epipactis palustris and
  Polistes dominula
  France - Gironde
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  Epipactis palustris and
  Chrysanthia viridissima
  France - Landes
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  Epipactis palustris
  Pollinia
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  Epipactis palustris
  Pollinia

Epipactis palustris f. ochroleuca (syn of Epipactis palustris)

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  Estonia - Niitvälja bog
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Botanical illustrations

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  Epipactis palustris
  vol. 4 - plate 18 in:
  Jacob Sturm:
  Deutschlands Flora
  in Abbildungen
  (Orchidaceae)
  (1796)
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  Epipactis palustris
  plate 210 in:
  Flora Batava
  vol. 3,
  (1814)
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  Epipactis palustris
  Illustration in:
  Die Orchidaceen Deutschlands, Deutsch-Oesterreichs und der Schweiz
  (1894)

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  Epipactis palustris
  plate 14 in:
  Henry Correvon:
  Album des orchidées de l'Europe centrale et septentrionale
  Genève (1899)
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  Epipactis palustris
  Tafel 46 in:
  Walter Müller:
  Abbildungen der in Deutschland und den angrenzenden Gebieten vorkommenden Grundformen der Orchideenarten
  Berlin (1904)

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  Epipactis palustris
  (as syn.
  Helleborina palustris)
  plate 413 in:
  C.A.M Lindman:
  Bilder ur Nordens Flora
  (Orchidaceae)
  (1917-1927)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Europe Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden. Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Southwestern Europe France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Asia-Temperate Siberia Altay, Irkutsk Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia. Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Western Asia Iran, Turkey. China Xinjiang, Mongolia Mongolia.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Epipactis palustris.

• Catalogue of Life link: Epipactis palustris (L.) Crantz
• ITIS link: Epipactis palustris Crantz
• IUCN: Epipactis palustris (L.) Crantz (old web site) (Least Concern)
• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Epipactis palustris (L.) Crantz, Stirp. Austr. Fasc., ed. 2 (1769)
• NCBI link: Epipactis palustris
• The Plant List link: Epipactis palustris (L.) Crantz (Source: KewGarden WCSP)
• Tropicos link: Epipactis palustris (L.) Crantz (+ sub-taxa)
• World Register of Marine Species link: Epipactis palustris (L.) Cranz

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