Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Orchis collina Solander
Family : ORCHIDACEAE
Genus : Orchis
Catalan common name : Abellera papallona petita.
Province distribution : Alicante. Balearic Islands.
Distribution in the islands : Formentera. Mallorca.
General distribution : South Mediterranean
Flowering time : March. April.
Life-forms : Geophyte.
Habitat : Pine woodlands and garriques.
IUCN Category : Datos insuficientes
Characteristics : This orchid is recognisable because the labellum of the flower is not lobulate, it is whole, moreover it has fertile, purple or violet flowers and stems; the leaves are wide and are often have black marks. Like many orchids it flowers at the beginning of spring.
