Listera cordata

Listera cordata

Taxobox
name = Lesser Twayblade


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Lesser Twayblade in Snowdonia'
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Orchidaceae
genus = "Listera
species = "L. cordata"
binomial = "Listera cordata"
binomial_authority = (L.) R.Br.

"Listera cordata" or Lesser Twayblade is an orchid of upland bogs and mires that rarely exceeds 15 cm in height. It is never very common but may be frequently overlooked because of its small size and a tendency to grow underneath heather on sphagnum moss. The single erect flower-stem is often tinged red and is clasped near the base by a pair or ovate-orbicular glossy green leaves. The small flowers which look deceptively simple in structure for an orchid, are purple-green in colour with a somewhat swollen calyx.

Distribution

It has a circumpolar distribution being found in Europe, Asia, Greenland and large parts of North America. In the UK its distribution is western and northern becoming most common in the western highlands and is also found in Snowdonia and the Lake District.


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