Listera cordata

Lis cor 1         Lis cor 2

Listera cordata                   
     
taxonomy described by (Linnaeus) Brown, Robert  &  Aiton William  &  Aiton William Townsend
  published in Hortus Kewensis  5 : 201    1813
    or, a Catalogue of the Cultivated Plants in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew . London
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Neottieae
  subtribe Listerinae
  genus Listera  R.Brown 1813
  chromosomes  34 - 42  (GIROS) 
     
native of origins  alpine shrublands, only in Brembana Valley, at Branzi and Carona
     
    Lis cor 3 CFCE grid map
     
  altitude 1500 - 1920 m  (4950 - 6336 ft)
     
  exposure Lis cor 4
     
the plant         life form geophyte
  roots    creeping rhizome
  nr. leaves 2
  height 15 - 20 cm  (6" - 8")
  nr. flowers 6 - 15
  blooming july
  index of rarity     99,04
     
CITES appendix II

    

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