Orchis papilionacea var.rubra
(PINK BUTTERFLY ORCHID)
(Salep)
(Schmetterlings-Knabenkraut)
Orhidaceae

Tuberous perennial herbs. Stem erect, up to 30 cm. Leaves mostly in basal rosette, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, pointed; stem leaves sheating the stem up to the flowers. Inflorescence a lax spike. Flowers pale violet-pink, the lip purplish-violet. Labellum rhombic to obovate, red to rosy. Spur cylindrical. Fruit a capsule. Fl. March-May. Dry grassy places, macchie, open Pinus forests, s.l.

Mediterranean area.