Dactylorhiza insularis (Sommier) Landwehr
Family: ORCHIDACEAE
Genus: Dactylorhiza
Sinònims: Orchis sambucina L. subsp. insularis (Sommier) P. Fourn. Dactylorhiza insularis (Sommier) Ó.Sánchez & Herrero
Spanish common name: Orquis amarilla, Orquis insular.
Province distribution: Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona.
General distribution (Phytogeography): Western Mediterranean
Plants protected by law: País Valencià Catalogue.
IUCN Category: Not evaluated
Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Life-forms: Geophyte.
Habitats: Pinus sylvestris forest. Forest border. Meso-xerophyll mountain fields. Mesophyll mountainous grasslands. Grassland, herbaceous, shrubland, or open woodland habitats, in cool, elevated mountain areas.
Characteristics: Perennial orchid with erect, hollow, green stems. Leaves are upright, lanceolate, light green, unspotted, and distributed along the entire stem: the lower ones form a false rosette, while the upper ones are smaller and resemble bracts. The inflorescence is loose, bearing about 8-14 flowers. Labellum rounded or kidney-shaped in outline, trilobed, pale yellow with 2 to 6 reddish spots at the base. Spur equal to or slightly shorter than the labellum, cylindrical, clearly shorter than the ovary, straight, and oriented horizontally or slightly downward.