• Source: Serapias lingua

Serapias lingua, commonly known as tongue-orchid or the tongue Serapias, is a species of orchid native to the Mediterranean.




Habitat and distribution


Serapias lingua can be found in damp meadows and open fields of Portugal, Spain, Malta, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece and all the Mediterranean islands west of Crete and in western North Africa.




Flowering


Serapias lingua flowers in spring to early summer with 2.5 cm flowers and then they go dormant in mid and late summer.




References






External links


Media related to Serapias lingua at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Serapias lingua at Wikispecies

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Serapias lingua
• Serapias lingua subsp. stenopetala
• Serapias
• List of the orchids of Metropolitan France
• Giardino Botanico Ponziano
• Flora of Malta
• Tongue orchid
• List of endemic plants of Crete