Gymnadenia minor
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| Gymnadenia minor | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Genus: | Gymnadenia |
| Species: | G. minor |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnadenia minor (W.Foelsche & Zernig) W.Foelsche, Zernig & O.Gerbaud, 2011 | |
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Gymnadenia minor is a species of orchid endemic to Austria.[1]
Gymnadenia minor, in the sub-genus Nigritella (the vanilla orchids) has the smallest plants of all Gymnadenia species. It looks similar to Gymnadenia miniata but both the entire plants and the individual flowers are smaller and the inflorescence is shorter, sometimes wider than tall. Unlike all other Nigritella species bracts have no dark red border but are bright green with red tips. Flowers are uniformly colored red (except the bottom-most ones are sometimes brighter), their color shade is slightly brighter than that of Gymnadenia miniata. The two side petals are narrower than the two side sepals. [2][3]