1. Anacamptis palustris (Anacamptis palustris Anacamptis palustris (Jacq.) R.M. Bateman, Pridgeon et M.W. Chase))
Anacamptis palustris (Anacamptis palustrisis a perennial plant of the Orchid family (Orchidaceae).).
Herbaceous plant 18-60 cm high. The stem is hollow, covered with linear lanceolate, light green leaves. The inflorescence is spike-shaped, consists of 10-30 flowers. The flowers are large, purple, the central part of the lip is dotted with small purple spots. The lip is shallowly three-lobed, spread out. The shoot is straight, cylindrical, shorter than the ovary. The fruit is a dry box. Flowering begins in the south of the range in April, in other places it lasts in May-July. It bears fruit in July-August. It is propagated by seeds.|It grows in lowland forest, forest-steppe and steppe areas: on waterlogged meadows, pods, along the edges of rachaks, swamps, among wet shrubs in meadow groups.
The species is listed in the Red Book of Ukraine in the status of "Vulnerable", endemic to Ukraine. Listed in CITES.
Автор тексту – Руслана Мельник
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