Burnt orchid

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Burnt Orchid
Neotinea ustulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Neotinea Species: N. ustulata
Binomial name
Neotinea ustulata R.M. Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W. Chase, Lindleyana 12: 122 (1997)

The Burnt Orchid (Neotinea ustulata) is a European terrestrial orchid, most common in the mountains. It flowers between April and August depending on the altitude.

Neotinea ustulata is now the accepted name. It was previously described as Orchis ustulata (L. 1753).[1]

The Burnt Orchid was designated the county flower of Wiltshire in Plantlife's 2002 campaign.

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