''Orchis punctulata'', the small-dotted orchis, is a species of
orchid
Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant.
Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...
. It is native to southeastern Europe (Greece, the part of Turkey in Europe known as East Thrace, and possibly Bulgaria), Crimea in eastern Europe, western Asia (Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and Turkey), and both the North Caucasus and Transcaucasia.
References
punctulata
Orchids of Europe
Flora of the Caucasus
Flora of Western Asia
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