Orchidaceae FAMILY

Anacamptis pyramidalis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Anacamptis pyramidalis is a herbaceous perennial plant producing a flowering stem 25 - 65cm tall from a tuberous rootstock[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurope - Denmark and Sweden, south to Spain and east to Ukraine and Greece; N. Africa - Morocco to Tunisia; W. Asia - Turkey to Iran and Israel

HabitatGrassland, on chalk or limestone and on calcareous dunes[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ], mainly in the southern part of Britain[ 245 Title Scented Flora of the World. Publication Author Genders. R. Publisher Robert Hale. London. Year 1994 ISBN 0-7090-5440-8 Description An excellent, comprehensive book on scented plants giving a few other plant uses and brief cultivation details. There are no illustrations. ].