Serapias vomeracea

Plowshares tongue -leaved ( Serapias vomeracea )

The ploughshare tongue -leaved ( serapias vomeracea ) is a plant from the family of orchids plants ( Orchidaceae).

Description

The perennial plant reaches stature heights of 10 to 60 inches and has two bulbous underground tubers. The four to seven leaves on the lower stem section are narrow - lanceolate and up to 19 inches long. The two upper leaves are crowded brown violet as the bracts and flowers.

The inflorescence is composed of three to ten flowers. The bracts are much longer than the steeply erected helmet. This is formed by five pointed bloom cladding and is outside pale violet to gray- purple color. The front part of the brown violet lip is two to three inches long and up to 12 mm wide. The rear section is wide - wedge-shaped, with darker colored, erect lateral lobes.

Bloom time is from March to June.

Occurrence

As the site preferably the plant Magerrasen, Garigues, brownfields, small woods (especially pine and chestnut ) and olive tree cultures.

The circulation area covers almost the entire Mediterranean region of the Iberian Peninsula and southern France to the Eastern Aegean and Asia Minor, and North West Africa. In the north it extends to the Swiss Alps.

System

The species occurs in three ways:

• Serapias vomeracea subsp. vomeracea; as described here.
• Serapias vomeracea subsp. laxiflora; with lockerblütigem, elongated inflorescence; front lip portion to 18 mm long
• Serapias vomeracea subsp. orientalis; with wider lip and bracts that are barely longer than the helmet.