Gymnadenia nigra

Gymnadenia nigra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Gymnadenia
Species: G. nigra
Binomial name
Gymnadenia nigra
(L.) Rchb.f.
Synonyms

Nigritella nigra

Brunkulla, Jämtland.

Gymnadenia nigra is a species of orchid.

Each province in Sweden has symbols associated with them and Jämtland's provincial flower is an extremely rare orchid, the brunkulla (G. nigra), an orchid that's only common in the province and a few other places in central Scandinavia.

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