Spiranthes aestivalis (Poir.) Rich. is a plant in the Orchidaceae family, order Asparagales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Spiranthes aestivalis (Poir.) Rich.

Spiranthes aestivalis (Poir.) Rich.

Summer lady's-tresses (Spiranthes aestivalis) is an orchid found across parts of Eurasia and North Africa, now locally extinct in the British Isles.

Family
Genus
Spiranthes
Order
Asparagales
Class
Liliopsida

About Spiranthes aestivalis (Poir.) Rich.

Spiranthes aestivalis (Poir.) Rich., commonly known as the summer lady's-tresses, is an orchid species. It can be found in western Europe, Turkey, Russia, and North Africa. Its specific epithet, aestivalis, comes from Latin and means "pertaining to the summer". This species is now locally extinct in the British Isles.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Asparagales Orchidaceae Spiranthes

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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