Flowering period
June - September
Threat status ?
Least concern
Habitat
Forest
Scientific name
Epipactis helleborine

broad-leaved helleborine

LB: Breetbliedereg Harespelorchidee FR: épipactis à larges feuilles DE: Breitblättrige Stendelwurz, Sitter

Broad-leaved helleborine is the most common species of helleborine in Luxembourg. It has large green leaves and grows mainly by means of its own photosynthesis. It appears both in sparse deciduous and coniferous forests and their edges, as well as in the open country in semi-arid grasslands.
Observations on GBIF.org: green-blue: before 2005, yellow-orange: after 2005, darker colour indicates more observations.