Limodorum abortivum(L.) Sw. var. abortivum - Violet limodor
Scientific Description:
Plants usually robust, 30–80 cm. Stem thick, greenish-or livid-violet, covered with dusty-violet sheaths. Spike to 35 cm. Bracts lanceolate, lower exceeding ovary. Flowers 4–25, violet-tinged, rarely flesh-coloured. Sepals obovate-lanceolate, to 25 × 11 mm. Petals narrowly lanceolate, slightly shorter. Hypochile whitish. Epichile ovate, margins undulate, bright violet, with darker lines, fading dingy yellow, to 15 × 12 mm. Spur slender, cylindrical, hanging downwards, c. 15 mm, c. as long as ovary. Ovary to 30 mm; ripe capsule to 45 mm.
Flowering time: (April–)May–July.
Habitat: Coniferous and mixed forest, edges of woodland, Carpinus L. and Quercus L. scrub, macchie, on calcareous and schistose soil, 350–2300 m.
Reference:
Renz J & Taubenheim G (1984). Limodorum abortivum (L.) Swartz, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 8: 469.
Public Description:
Limodorum abortivum, commonly known as “violet limodor”, is native to central and eastern Europe, western Asia and the Mediterranean area. It is a herbaceous rhizomatous plant growing to 80 cm with violet flowers. Violet limodor is found open woodland of evergreen oak, pine and chestnut. It blooms from April to July.
References:
Anonymous 1 (2017). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limodorum_abortivum, Accessed date: 10.05.2017.
Anonymous 2 (2017). http://ichn.iec.cat/Bages/alzinar/eLimodorum%20abortivum.htm, Accessed date: 10.05.2017.
Deniz İG (2012). Limodorum Boehm., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 637–638.