Frog Orchid - Coeloglossum viride
Description
Low to short plant, sometimes only 5 cm tall; stem with several brownish basal sheaths. Leaves 2 to 5 oval to lanceolate. Flowers small and inconspicuous yellowish green and often tinged with reddish or purplish brown. Faintly honey scented and borne in a rather lax spike.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Grassland and woodland margin.
When to see it
June.
Life History
Tuberous rooted perennial.
UK Status
Widespread but uncommon in Britain.
VC55 Status
Very rare in Leicestershire & Rutland. It was not recorded in the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire.
It is on the current VC55 Rare Plant Register (Jeeves 2011)
David Gray
Merry's Meadow LRWT
16 June 2010
Dave Neville
Merrys Meadows
08 June 2006
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