Butterfly Orchid / اوركيد الفراشة /

سحلب فراشي /

Anacamptis papilionacea (L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase

Edibility and usage

Edibility

Unknown

Blooming period

February to April

Description

Perenniality

Perennial

Petal colour

Crimson
Pink

Leaf type

Entire

Life form

Geophyte

Scientifc data

Genus

Anacamptis

Family

Orchidaceae

Wikidata item

Q6632387

GBIF Item

Anacamptis papilionacea (L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase (2808646)

References

Post GE. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai. Рипол Классик; 1932.
Mashjar Juthour.(2017). Palestinian Wildflower Pocket Guide(English and Arabic)
Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
Zorkot. Husein Ali. (2015). A Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Hima Fakiha and the Adjoining Region.
Machaka Houri, N., Houri, A.(2014). Wild Flowers of Lebanon with Special Focus on Key Biodiversity Areas.Beirut:Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
Anacamptis papilionacea (L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-24.
Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.
Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.

Citation

Anacamptis papilionacea (L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/688 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.