Height: | 30-60 cm (1-2 ft) |
Flower Colors: | red, brown |
Flower Season: | late spring to early summer |
Life form: | tuber |
Serapias vomeracea (Burm.f.) Briq. is accepted and its native range is S. Central Europe, Mediterranean to W. Caucasus. These photos were taken by Shlomit Heymann in the Carmel mountains of Israel in late March, 2011, the first winter after a fire. This is another one of the 2 callus species at the base of the slender, hairy, brownish lip, which is often bent backwards.