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Cephalanthera rubra, known as red helleborine, is an orchid found in Europe, North Africa and southwest Asia. Although reasonably common in parts of its range, this Cephalanthera has always been one of the rarest orchids in Britain.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Cephalanthera
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 6
- Mature Height
- 20 cm to 61 cm
- Mature Spread
- 23 cm to 30 cm
- Leaf Color
- Medium Sea Green
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- Pink
- Flower Size
- 5.08 cm
- Bloom Time
- Early summer, Mid summer
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer
- Harvest Time
- Late summer, Early fall
- Native Area
- Turkey, Sweden, Austria, Slovakia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Morocco, Croatia, Belarus, Russia, Germany, Estonia, Romania, Latvia, Moldova, Portugal, Netherlands, France, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Poland, Armenia, Greece, Ukraine, Serbia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Norway, Syria, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Iran, Albania, Azerbaijan, United Kingdom, Hungary, Algeria, Turkmenistan
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Red-helleborine en Red Cephalanthera
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