Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Lesser Twayblade, Neottia cordata, Dédhuilleog bheag
Photographs: Glengarriff Woods, Co. Cork

Lesser Twayblade
Neottia cordata (Listera cordata)
Dédhuilleog bheag
Family: Orchidaceae

Flowering May - August. Perennial. Native.

Small pinkish-brown flowers, the lip deeply divided into 2 pointed, narrow lobes. A very small and inconspicuous plant with a single pair of small glossy green leaves. Height to 15cm

Prefers damp, acidic, shaded ground in moss below heather and in moss and acidic leaf-litter in woods. Most frequent in the north of Ireland

Related: Common Twayblade, Neottia ovata

Lesser Twayblade, Neottia cordata, Dédhuilleog bheag

Lesser Twayblade, Listera cordata, Dédhuilleog bheag
Lesser Twayblade, Neottia cordata (Listera cordata), Dédhuilleog bheag

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