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Dactylorhiza sambucina (4)
juanit Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 49 W: 4 N: 123] (676)
The sambucina is quite a robust but squat plant,it has a scent of elder and the flowers are either yellow or purple.The centre yellow spotted red. It grows upto 10-30(45)cm tall.
Its flowering times are(March)April-July.
It grows on calcareous to slightly acidic dry to damp subtrates.Short,poor grasslands,meadows,mountain pastures,open woodland,mostly montane upto 2600m

Source:Pirre Delforge-Orchids of Europe,North Africa and the Middle East ISBN 0-7136-7525-x

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juanit Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 49 W: 4 N: 123] (676)
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Edited by:nirmalroberts Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 370 W: 75 N: 708] (2844)

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