Orchis simia Lam.

Plants of the Soviet Union
Orchis simia Lam.
tuA.
U.S.S.R.: Ukrainian SSR: Crimea: southern coastal mountain range “Yaila”:
ca 40 km^SW of Yalta, near Baidarskii Pass;
Yaltinskii Mountain Forest Nature Reserve*
oak forests	’
petals lavender, common plant in shaded spots
T. S. Elias, G. Crow & L. Newcombe 5215	20 May 1981
Sixth field expedition to the U.S.S.R. under the USA/USSR Cooperative Agreement in
the Protection of the Environment, Area V, Activity A - Threatened or Endangered
Species of Plants and the Introduction of Exotic Species. Sponsored by the New York
Botanical Garden Cary Arboretum.
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