Wildflowers of Europe
Platanthera bifolia
| Family : | ORCHIDACEAE (Orchid Family) |
| Common Name (UK) : | Lesser Butterfly-Orchid |
| Common Name (DE) : | Weiße Waldhyazinthe |
| Common Name (FR) : | Orchis à deux feuilles, Platanthère à deux feuilles |
| Habitat : | Fairly open places in grassland, woodland, heaths, scrub. |
| Remarks : | The upper sepal and petals form a loose triangular hood above the pollinia, which lie parallel and close together |
| First appearing : | April |
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