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Orchis mascula (Early Purple Orchis)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Orchis mascula, the early-purple orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family, Orchidaceae.
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Infraspecies

Orchis mascula albiflora
Orchis mascula ichnusae
Orchis mascula laxifloriformis
Orchis mascula mascula
Orchis mascula scopulorum
Orchis mascula speciosa

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Bees, Lepidoptera
Scent [1]  The flowers have a fairly pleasant odour from a distance, but an unpleasant fur-like smell near to which is more pronounced at nightfall and as the flowers begin to fade;
Structure [1]  Bulb
Height [1]  24 inches (0.6 m)
Light Preference [2]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Mostly Infertile
Soil Moisture [2]  Moist
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Protected Areas

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Predators

Muntiacus reevesi (Reeves's muntjac)[3]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0