Taxonomy : Fam. Orchidaceae// Genus: Cephalanthera // Species: Cephalanthera damasonium (Mill.) Druce.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Moore in Tutin et al. (1980).
Distribution: Native to Northwest Africa, Europe to Iran, Bhutan to China (Yunnan) according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Edges of forests.
Lifeform: Perrenial; geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Flowering period: Early summer: JUN.
Cephalanthera damasonium – habit. Osogovo, region between the village of Ratkovica (Ratkova skala region) and Visoka chuka, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cephalanthera damasonium – inflorescence. Osogovo, region between the village of Ratkovica (Ratkova skala region) and Visoka chuka, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cephalanthera damasonium – flowers. Osogovo, region between the village of Ratkovica (Ratkova skala region) and Visoka chuka, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cephalanthera damasonium – flower. Osogovo, region between the village of Ratkovica (Ratkova skala region) and Visoka chuka, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cephalanthera damasonium – flower. Osogovo, region between the village of Ratkovica (Ratkova skala region) and Visoka chuka, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cephalanthera damasonium – flower. Osogovo, region between the village of Ratkovica (Ratkova skala region) and Visoka chuka, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cephalanthera damasonium – lowest bract and ovary of subtended flower. Osogovo, region between the village of Ratkovica (Ratkova skala region) and Visoka chuka, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cephalanthera damasonium – upper leaf. Osogovo, region between the village of Ratkovica (Ratkova skala region) and Visoka chuka, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cephalanthera damasonium – stem and leaves. Osogovo, region between the village of Ratkovica (Ratkova skala region) and Visoka chuka, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cephalanthera damasonium – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, region between the village of Ratkovica (Ratkova skala region) and Visoka chuka, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cephalanthera damasonium – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, region between the village of Ratkovica (Ratkova skala region) and Visoka chuka, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Cephalanthera damasonium (Mill.) Druce. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:622369-1 [Accessed 09.06.2023].
Cephalanthera L. C. M. Richard. Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 328 – 329.
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