Serapias lingua

Serapias lingua
Flower of Serapias lingua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Orchideae
Subtribe:	Orchidinae
Genus:	Serapias
Species:	S. lingua
Binomial name
Serapias lingua L.
Synonyms
Orchis lingua (L.) Scop. Helleborine lingua (L.) Pers. Serapiastrum lingua (L.) A.A.Eaton

Serapias lingua, common name, Toungue orchid or The Tongue Serapias, is a species of orchid native to the Mediterranean. It can be found in damp meadows and open fields of Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece and all the Mediterranean islands west of Crete and in western North Africa. Plants flower in spring to early summer with 2.5 cm flowers and then they go dormant in mid and late summer.

Varients

• Serapias lingua var alba (sepals and petals are light green, lip is yellow)
• Serapias lingua varinent (Sepals, lip, and petals have red veins)
• Serapias lingua varinent (Sepals, lip, and petals are white and pink on the edge))