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Herbarium specimen: Epipactis helleborine

Taxon:Orchidaceae: Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz ("Broad-leaved Helleborine")
named by Victor Samuel Summerhayes 10/1956
Other name:Orchideae: Epipactis latifolia All.
named by William West 8/1887
Filed in taxon folder:Orchidaceae: Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz ("Broad-leaved Helleborine")
Collected by:William West
Collection date:8/1887
Locality:Great Britain, VC63 South-west Yorkshire, Thornton, SE121331, "Wooded pasture by road, about 1/2 - 3/4 mile beyond Four Lane Ends, towards Thornton, N E Bradford"
communicated:Prof George Stephen West
ex herb:William West (Bradford)
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Epipactis helleborine herbarium specimen from Thornton, VC63 South-west Yorkshire in 1887 by William West.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:1. Several plants; dying out.
2. Geology: Millstone grit.

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Documented by mikedaps on 9th November 2009.

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