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Tongue Orchid
Serapias lingua
Serapias lingua, commonly known as tongue-orchid or the tongue Serapias, is a species of orchid native to the Mediterranean.
From the article Serapias lingua on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
Serapias lingua can be found in damp meadows, open fields, marshlands, and sometimes garrigue of Portugal, Spain, Malta, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, the Mediterranean islands west of Crete, and western North Africa. It has also been recorded from some sites in southern England, where it is unclear if it is naturally occurring.
Wikipedia: “Habitat and distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Serapias lingua in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 203000.