Epipactis thunbergii A.Gray

Species

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Characteristics

Plants 20-30 cm tall. Rhizome elongate. Stem glabrous, with 2-4 sheaths toward base. Leaves 6-8, spreading, ovate-lanceolate, 5-13 × 1.2-3 cm, glabrous, base amplexicaul, apex acuminate or cuspidate-acuminate. Rachis 3-5 cm, glabrous, laxly 3-10-flowered; floral bracts foliaceous, ovate-elliptic, lower ones exceeding flowers. Flowers spreading, resupinate, pale green or yellow-green; lip white with purple venation on side lobes and purple markings on disk; ovary and pedicel ca. 15 mm, glabrous. Dorsal sepal ovate-elliptic, ca. 11 × 4 mm, apex acute; lateral sepals ovate-elliptic, ca. 10 × 3 mm, apex acute. Petals broadly ovate, slightly oblique, 7-10 × ca. 5 mm, apex acute; lip ca. 10 mm, with a short mesochile connecting hypochile and epichile; hypochile cymbiform, ca. 3 × 3 mm, with erect lateral lobes ca. 4 × 2 mm; mesochile sometimes inconspicuous, oblong, 1-2 × ca. 2 mm; epichile ovate-orbicular, ca. 3 × 3 mm, margin slightly undulate, with a pair of low keels. Column ca. 3 mm excluding anther, relatively thick. Fl. Jun-Jul. 2n = 40.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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Images

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Distribution

Epipactis thunbergii world distribution map, present in China, Japan, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:633350-1
WFO ID wfo-0000952285
COL ID 6FVM7
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Synonyms

Limodorum thunbergii Arthrochilium thunbergii Epipactis thunbergii Amesia thunbergii Epipactis thunbergii f. flava Helleborine chinensis Serapias longifolia Epipactis longifolia Helleborine longifolia Helleborine thunbergii Epipactis thunbergii var. manshurica Epipactis gigantea var. manshurica Epipactis gigantea var. thunbergii