Gargano Ragwort

Gargano Ragwort
	Gargano Ragwort ( Ophrys garganica )
Systematics
Family :	Orchids (orchidaceae)
Subfamily :	Orchidoideae
Tribe :	Orchideae
Sub tribus :	Orchidinae
Genre :	Ragwurzen ( Ophrys )
Type :	Gargano Ragwort
Scientific name
	Ophrys garganica
	O.Danesch & E. Danesch

The Gargano Ragwort ( Ophrys garganica ) is a species of the Ragwurzen ( Ophrys ) in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). It blooms from April to May. It has not yet been conclusively clarified whether this species is really to be regarded as a separate species or whether it is only to be regarded as a subspecies of the spider ragwort . Since it is currently considered to be independent, it is also treated that way here. Other authors put it as a subspecies Ophrys passionis subsp. garganica E. Nelson ex H.Baumann & R.Lorenz for Oster-Ragwurz ( Ophrys passionis Sennen ).

features

This herbaceous perennial plant reaches heights of 25 and 35 cm. Six to nine basal leaves can be seen on this plant species.

There are four to eight flowers on each inflorescence . The sepals are green in color, while the strikingly large and bare petals appear olive green to brown. Their edge is often darker and always wavy. The undivided or weakly three-lobed lip is dark to black-brown in color.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 36.

Location and distribution

You can find this type of orchid on grasslands, garrigues , open pine and oak forests at altitudes between 0 and 1010 meters above sea level. The distribution area extends in Italy over the Apennine peninsula , Sicily , Apulia , Calabria , Basilicata , Tuscany and also Sardinia .

ecology

Andrena carbonaria was observed as a pollinator .

literature

Karl-Peter Buttler : Orchids, the wild species and subspecies of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa . Mosaik Verlag, 1986, ISBN 3-570-04403-3 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Helmut Baumann , Siegfried Künkele and Richard Lorenz: Orchids of Europe with adjacent areas . Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, 2006. ISBN 978-3-8001-4162-3 . Page 188.
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Web links

Commons : Gargano Ragwort ( Ophrys garganica ) - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

[BaumannKünkeleLorenz2006-1] Helmut Baumann , Siegfried Künkele and Richard Lorenz: Orchids of Europe with adjacent areas . Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, 2006. ISBN 978-3-8001-4162-3 . Page 188.

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