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Coeloglossum viride

Long-bract Frog Orchid

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Common name

Long-bract Frog Orchid

Scientific name

Coeloglossum viride (L.) Hartm, also as Dactylorhiza viridis (L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase.

Conservation status and threats

NOT protected species in Bulgaria.

Description and identification

Coeloglossum viride is a herbaceous plant. Stem up to 25 cm high, leafy. Leaves usually 5, oval or oblong. Inflorescence oblong or cylindrical. Bracts lanceolate, as long as the flowers, with 3 veins each. Perianth leaves greenish, oval, almost half join to each other in a hood. Labellum downwards, oblong linear, anteriorly tridentate. Flowernig May-July¹.

Distribution in Bulgaria

Map of distribution in Bulgaria of Coeloglossum viride by floristic regions³:

General distribution

Map of general distribution⁴:

References

1 Стоянов, Н. 1964. Флора на Народна Република България, том II, София.

3 Assyov, B., A. Petrova, D. Dimitrov, R. Vassilev. 2012. Conspectus of the vascular flora of Bulgaria, Bulgarian biodiversity foundation, Sofia.

4 Dactylorhiza viridis (L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science.