About Orchis spitzelii Saut. ex W.D.J.Koch
Orchis spitzelii Saut. ex W.D.J.Koch is an orchid species with a range extending from Gotland, Sweden, through eastern Spain to the Caucasus, western Asia, and northwestern Africa. Its native distribution breaks down as: northern Europe (Sweden); central Europe (Austria; it is possibly extirpated in Germany); southwestern Europe (the Balearic Islands, Corsica, France, and Spain); southeastern Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Crete, and the countries of the former Yugoslavia); northern Africa (Algeria and Morocco); western Asia (Iran, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey); and both the North Caucasus and Transcaucasia.
