Orchis italica Poiret

Spice Leaves In the field Inflorescence

Family: ORCHIDACEAE

Genus: Orchis

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Girona.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): South Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Geophyte.

Habitats: Wild olive trees and other sclerophyllous shrublands. Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata forest. Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue. Garriques.

Characteristics: An orchid that is easy to differentiate by its great size and by its basal leaves with a very marked undulate contour. Flowers are grouped forming a conical inflorescence, a deep lilac colour. The labellum is very lobate, the laterals sharp and the central one is deltoid and deeply divided into two secondary lobules separated by a tooth.