火烧兰(原变种) huo shao lan (yuan bian zhong)

Serapias helleborine Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 949. 1753; Amesia discolor (Kraenzlin) Hu; A. longibracteata C. Schweinfurth; A. monticola (Schlechter) Hu; A. squamellosa (Schlechter) Hu; A. tenii (Schlechter) Hu; A. yunnanensis (Schlechter) Hu; Epipactis discolor Kraenzlin; E. helleborine subsp. ohwii (Fukuyama) H. J. Su; E. helleborine var. rubiginosa Crantz; E. helleborine var. viridans Crantz; E. latifolia (Linnaeus) Allioni; E. lingulata Handel-Mazzetti; E. longibracteata (C. Schweinfurth) S. Y. Hu (1972), not Wettstein (1889); E. macrostachys Lindley; E. monticola Schlechter; E. nephrocordia Schlechter; E. ohwii Fukuyama; E. squamellosa Schlechter; E. tenii Schlechter; E. yunnanensis Schlechter; S. helleborine var. latifolia Linnaeus.

Flowers usually 7-40. Dorsal sepal 8-13 mm. Petals 6.5-8 mm; lip with a pair of suborbicular, erose lamellae toward base of epichile. Column 3-5 mm. 2n = 36, 38, 40, 44.

Forests, grasslands, wooded slopes, streamsides; 200-3600 m. Anhui, Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan [Afghanistan, Bhutan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan; N Africa, SW Asia, Europe; naturalized in North America].

This species has an extensive synonymy, only part of which is provided here.