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
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 (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.

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