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  • COMMON NAME: Veratrum-leaved helleborine
  • ARABIC: سيف
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Epipactis veratrifolia Boiss. & Hohen.
  • SYNONYMS: E. consimilis
  • FAMILY: ORCHIDACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Sharjah , Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Terrace
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Rare orchid species (endangered species of orchid in Fujairah). Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP). Typically grows in association with the fern Adiantum capillus-veneris. one of the wild plants of the Emirate of Fujairah recommended for special protection.  It is highly recommended that serious measures should be taken to conserve and protect the habitats where these species are found, and more surveys carried out to find new locations.
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. https://www.fujairahobserver.com/2020/08/10/epipactis-veratrifolia-orchid-specie/ Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021.

Erect or pendent, robust herb, 20-90 cm high. Rhizome creeping. Stems leafy. Leaves 6-20, ovate to lanceolate, or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, puubescent, 7-20 cm long, 1-3 cm wide, sheathing at the base, papery, strongly nerved on the lower surface. Inflorescence few to many-flowered, raceme lax, curved, pubescent. Flowers large, 1-3 cm in diameter. Sepals greenish-yellow to brown or purple, campanulate, segments 1.5-2.5 cm long. Petals ovate, shorter than sepals. Lip or labellum nearly or shorter than petals, hypochile narrow, oblong, epichile longer, lanceolate inflexed at the base then recurved. Column 4-10 mm long. Anther dark green, large 4-5 mm long. Ovary narrowly, cylindrical, more or less pubescent. Ripe capsule accrescent, pendulose. 

Flowering from June to December.
Moist shady places.
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