Herminium monorchis R.Br.

Musk orchid (en), Orchis à un bulbe (fr), Orchis Musc (fr), Herminium à un seul tubercule (fr), Orchis musc (fr), Herminium clandestin (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Herminium

Characteristics

Plants 5.5-35 cm tall. Tubers globose to ellipsoid, 6-10 × 5-10 mm. Stem with 1 or 2 tubular sheaths at base, 2-leaved. Leaves basal and subopposite to cauline, widely spaced and alternate, elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 1.5-10 × 0.5-2.5 cm, apex acute. Inflorescence 3.5-24 cm; peduncle cylindric, with 1 or 2 ovate-lanceolate sterile bracts 0.5-5.5 cm, lower one occasionally foliaceous; rachis 1-11 cm, densely or occasionally ± laxly many flowered; floral bracts linear-lanceolate, 2-3 mm, shorter than ovary, apex acuminate-cuspidate. Flowers fragrant, nodding, yellowish green; ovary distinctly hooked toward apex, 3-5 mm including pedicel. Dorsal sepal suberect, oblong-ovate, ca. 2.2 × 1.2 mm, 1-veined, apex obtuse; lateral sepals weakly spreading, oblong-ovate, ca. 2 × 1 mm, 1-veined, apex subacute. Petals forming a hood, rhombic, ca. 2.5 × 1 mm, somewhat fleshy, 1-veined, sometimes obscurely 3-lobed near middle, apex acute; lip spreading to decurved, oblong-obovate, 2.2-5 × 1.2-1.5 mm, slightly fleshy, base attenuate and shallowly concave, furcately 3-lobed near middle; lateral lobes linear-triangular, 0.8-1.5 mm, apex acute; mid-lobe linear-triangular, 1.5-3.2 mm, longer and broader than lateral lobes, apex acute. Column to 1 mm; pollinia subglobose; viscidia large, involute, hornlike. Fl. Jul-Aug. 2n = 38, 40, 42.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
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Mature height (meter) 0.06 - 0.2
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Images

Leaf

Herminium monorchis leaf picture by Maarten baaijens (cc-by-sa)
Herminium monorchis leaf picture by Maarten baaijens (cc-by-sa)
Herminium monorchis leaf picture by Rohweder Karsten (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Herminium monorchis flower picture by René Burkhard (cc-by-sa)
Herminium monorchis flower picture by vittorio fanelli vittorio fanelli (cc-by-sa)
Herminium monorchis flower picture by vittorio fanelli vittorio fanelli (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Herminium monorchis world distribution map, present in Austria, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Pakistan, Poland, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Romania, Russian Federation, Sweden, and Ukraine

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:638624-1
WFO ID wfo-0000981680
COL ID 6M3GJ
BDTFX ID 31693
INPN ID 101315
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Ophrys monorchis Orchis herminium Satyrium monorchis Monorchis herminium Ophrys herminium Herminium clandestinum Herminium haridasanii Herminium tanguticum Orchis monorchis Epipactis monorchis Arachnites monorchis Ophrys triorchis Orchis monorchis Herminium alaschanicum var. tanguticum Herminium monorchis