page_title: Orchis anthropophora
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Orchis anthropophora / Description
caption_attribution_description: Aceras anthropophorum&#160;(L.) R. Br. (1814) English: Man orchid flowers. Approximate co-ordinates: plant located within 5 km from Ussassai, Sardinia, Italy. Français&#160;: Inflorescence d'homme-pendu. Photo prise près d'Ussassai, en Sardaigne (Italie). Nederlands: Detail van de bloeiwijze van de poppenorchis. De plant bevindt zich binnen een straal van 5 km rond het plaatsje Ussassai op het Italiaanse eiland Sardinië. Русский: Цветки ацераса фигурного на острове Сардиния (Италия)
context_page_description: Orchis anthropophora, the man orchid, is a European species of orchid whose flowers resemble a human figure. The head is formed by the petals and sepals, and the suspended torso and limbs by the lobes of the labellum. It usually grows in calcareous grassland.
context_section_description: The man orchid is a herbaceous perennial, growing to a height of between 20 to 40 cm (7.9 to 16 in).  A basal rosette of 5 cm (2.0 in) lanceolate leaves develops from a tuber of up 6 cm (2.4 in) diameter, and between April and June a central flower spike is produced bearing up to fifty small, stemless flowers – the flowers vary from greenish, with a yellow-green labellum, to green, streaked and marked with purple.
caption: Orchis anthropophora
   (L.) All.
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