Quick Characteristics:
| Height: | 10-50 cm (0.3-1.6 ft) |
| Flower Colors: | purple |
| Life form: | tuber |
Orchis anatolica Boiss is accepted, and its native range is Aegean Islands to Israel and W. Iran. At flowering time it has two ovoid tubers. The flower spike up to 15 cm tall has 2 to 15 very loosely arranged flowers. This species prefers the semi-shade of bright pine woods but also grows in shrubs. It needs alkaline soil. Source: Plants of the World Online
Shlomit Heymann photographed these blooming early March in Israel where it is a protected species according to Wild Flowers of Israel.
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