🍃 Leaves
In a basal rosette, often spotted with dark purple
🌸 Flowers
Purple-violet, in a dense spike, three-lobed lip extended into a spur
🍎 Fruits
Small capsule with very numerous dust-like seeds
🪵 Bark
Two underground tubers, herbaceous plant
🗺️ Distribution
Europe, North Africa, western Asia; found in calcareous meadows and open woodland in France, a protected orchid in some regions.
🐝 Value for pollinators
Dense spike of purple flowers pollinated by bumblebees and wild bees, without offering any real nectar reward (floral deception).
✂️ Horticultural uses
Rarely grown in gardens, a protected species to be preserved in its natural habitat rather than transplanted.
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