- Family:
- Orchidaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Gymnadenia R.Br.
Gymnadenia conopsea (L.) R.Br.

[O-EM]
- Distribution
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Most of Europe except for parts of the south-west and south-east.
- General Description
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Tubers with 3-6 obtuse lobes.
- Habitat
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Grassland, marshes, fens and scrub; somewhat calcicole.
Native to:
Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Romania, Sakhalin, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Tuva, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Connecticut
- × Dactylodenia comigera (Rchb.) Aver.
- × Dactylogymnadenia comigera (Rchb.) Rauschert
- Gymnadenia alpina (Turcz. ex Rchb.f.) Czerep.
- Gymnadenia angustifolia Ilse
- Gymnadenia anisoloba Peterm.
- Gymnadenia comigera Rchb.
- Gymnadenia conopsea f. albiflora Y.N.Lee
- Gymnadenia conopsea subsp. angustifolia (Asch. & Graebn.) Zimm.
- Gymnadenia conopsea subsp. comigera (Rchb.) K.Richt.
- Gymnadenia conopsea var. flavida Kurt.Wagner
- Gymnadenia conopsea var. graminea (Dworschak) Kreutz
- Gymnadenia conopsea var. neglecta Vöth
- Gymnadenia conopsea var. odorata (Dworschak) Kreutz
- Gymnadenia conopsea subsp. peloria (Foucault ex Poir.) K.Richt.
- Gymnadenia conopsea subsp. serotina (Schönh.) Dworschak
- Gymnadenia conopsea var. serotina Schönh.
- Gymnadenia densiflora var. candida G.Foelsche & W.Foelsche
- Gymnadenia graminea Dworschak
- Gymnadenia ibukiensis Makino
- Gymnadenia ornithis (Jacq.) Rich.
- Gymnadenia pseudoconopsea (P.E.Parm.) Rouy
- Gymnadenia sibirica Turcz. ex Lindl.
- Gymnadenia splendida Dworschak
- Gymnadenia splendida subsp. odorata Dworschak
- Gymnadenia transsilvanica Schur
- Gymnadenia vernalis Dworschak
- Gymnadenia wahlenbergii Afzel. ex Rchb.f.
- Habenaria conopsea (L.) Benth.
- Habenaria gymnadenia Druce
- × Orchigymnadenia comigera (Rchb.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Orchis conopea Gras
- Orchis conopsea L.
- Orchis cornopica Mill.
- Orchis ornithis Jacq.
- Orchis peloria Foucault ex Poir.
- Orchis pseudoconopea Gren.
- Orchis pseudoconopsea P.E.Parm.
- Orchis setacea Gilib.
- Orchis suaveolens Salisb.
- Satyrium conopseum (L.) Wahlenb.
- English
- Fragrant Orchid
Gymnadenia conopsea (L.) R.Br. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Hubbard, C.E., United Kingdom | 10502.000 | No | |||
Burtt, B.L. [B206], United Kingdom | 1388.000 | No | |||
Sayers, D. [05/40/18], Austria | 1389.000 | No | |||
Hall, P.M., United Kingdom | 1391.000 | No | |||
Sayers, D. [08/10/1107], Austria | 1392.000 | No | |||
Sandeman, C. [2], France | 1393.000 | No | |||
Milne-Redhead, E. [2285], Austria | 1394.000 | No | |||
Milne-Redhead, E. [12299], France | 1395.000 | No | |||
Gilbert, M., United Kingdom | 1397.000 | No | |||
Summerhayes, V.S. [1929], United Kingdom | 1398.000 | No | |||
Drapes, United Kingdom | 14599.000 | No | |||
Summerhayes, V.S. [1716], United Kingdom | 18501.000 | No | |||
Draper, J.C., United Kingdom | 19387.000 | No | |||
Mountfort, C.C., United Kingdom | 21591.000 | No | |||
United Kingdom | 22547.000 | No | |||
Allison, G.H., United Kingdom | 22548.000 | No | |||
Angel, T.H., United Kingdom | 22549.000 | No | |||
Jermy, A.C. [1172], Sweden | 23058.000 | No | |||
Sladen, W.J.L. [16/17/214], Yugoslavia | 24832.000 | No | |||
Grose, D., United Kingdom | 25264.000 | No | |||
United Kingdom | 26191.000 | No | |||
United Kingdom | 28166.000 | No | |||
Yeo, P., United Kingdom | 29970.000 | No | |||
McCallum Webster, M., United Kingdom | 30575.000 | No | |||
McCallum Webster, M., United Kingdom | 30588.000 | No | |||
Barneby, T.P. [33], Switzerland | 31586.000 | No | |||
Webster, M., United Kingdom | 34547.000 | No | |||
United Kingdom | 36171.000 | No | |||
Verdcourt, B. [5431C], United Kingdom | 45034.000 | No | |||
Chesterman, D. [82], Italy | 45375.000 | No | |||
Chesterman, D. [83], Italy | 45376.000 | No | |||
Chesterman, D. [81], Italy | 45377.000 | No | |||
Matthews, P., France | 61596.000 | No | |||
Hunt, P.F. [1435], United Kingdom | 6718.000 | No | |||
Draper, United Kingdom | 7158.000 | No | |||
Mason, P.H., United Kingdom | 7633.000 | No | |||
Bruce, E.A., United Kingdom | 8494.000 | No | |||
70690.000 | No | ||||
71802.000 | No | ||||
Frost, R. [s.n.], United Kingdom | 72790.000 | No | |||
Fay, M.F. [MFF 153] | K000364647 | No | |||
Taquet, E.J. [1640], Korea | K000796360 | Yes | |||
Smith, A.R. [650612/7], Great Britain | K000970110 | No |
First published in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 191 (1813)
Accepted by
- Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2005). Flora Iberica 21: 1-366. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
- Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
- Curtis, T. & Thompson, R. (2009). The orchids of Ireland: 1-160. National Museums of Northern Ireland, Cultra, Holywood.
- G.I.R.O.S. (2009). Orchidee d'Italia: 1-303. Il Castello srl, Italy.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
- Kühn, R., Pedersen, H.Æ. & Cribb, v (2019). Field Guide to the Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean: 1-430. Kew Publishing, England.
- Lee, B.C. (2009). Rare plants data book of Korea: 1-296. Korea National Arboretum.
- Marhold, K. (ed.) (2013). IAPT/IOPB chromosome data 16. Taxon 62: 1355-1360.
- Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
- Rokaya, M.B. & al. (2013). An annotated checklist of the orchids of Nepal. Nordic Journal of Botany 31: 511-550.
- Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
- Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2005). Flora Iberica 21: 1-366. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
- Rokaya, M.B. & al. (2013). An annotated checklist of the orchids of Nepal. Nordic Journal of Botany 31: 511-550.
- Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Living Collection Database
Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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