- Flowering period
- June - July
- Threat status ?
- Habitat
- Forest
- Scientific name
- Platanthera bifolia
lesser butterfly orchid
LB: Wäiss Kräizblumm
FR: platanthère à deux feuilles
DE: Weiße Waldhyazinthe
Lesser butterfly orchids attract nocturnal butterflies with a sweet fragrance. Their long spur is typical for orchids that are pollinated by butterflies. The pollen packets of the lesser butterfly orchid are parallel and close together at the spur entrance. They adhere to the long proboscis of hawkmoths. The species is found in sparse forests, rough grasslands and wet meadows in both Gutland and Ösling.