Epipactis dunensis

Dune Helleborine
Inflorescence, Anglesey sand-dunes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Epipactis
Species:	E. dunenis
Binomial name
Epipactis dunensis Godfery
Synonyms[1]
Helleborine viridiflora f. dunensis T.Stephenson & T.A.Stephenson Helleborine latifolia var. dunensis (T.Stephenson & T.A.Stephenson) Soó Helleborine leptochila var. dunensis (T.Stephenson & T.A.Stephenson) Druce in I.M.Hayward Epipactis muelleri var. dunensis (T.Stephenson & T.A.Stephenson) P.D.Sell in P.D.Sell & G.Murrell Epipactis peitzii var. sancta P.Delforge Epipactis sancta (P.Delforge) P.Delforge Epipactis leptochila subsp. sancta (P.Delforge) Kreutz Epipactis dunensis subsp. sancta (P.Delforge) Kreutz Epipactis dunensis subsp. tynensis Kreutz

Epipactis dunensis - the dune helleborine is an herbaceous member of the family Orchidaceae.

It is hardy and has a long fleshy rootstock. It flowers from June to August with an inflorescence up to 50 cm high. The fruit is a capsule, from which the light, microscopic seeds are spread by the wind.

Dune helleborine is a British endemic species and in Britain limited to three main areas in England and Wales, the sand-dunes of Anglesey, dunes on the Fylde coast and in the valley of the River Tyne where it has colonised old metal mine workings.^[2][3][1]

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Foley M, Orchids of the British Isles , ISBN 0 954191617
3. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

External links

• First Nature, Epipactis dunensis - Dune Helleborine
• North Merseyside Biodiversity Action Plan, Dune Helleborine, Epipactis dunensis
• Biopix, Dune Helleborine (Epipactis dunensis)