Common name
English: Tongue orchid
German: Einschwieliger Zungenstendel
Portuguese: Erva-língua
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Orchidales (27)
Family: Orchidaceae (27)(family description)
Genus: Serapias (2)
Epithet: lingua L. (2)
Synonyms: Helleborine leucoglottis Steud., Helleborine lingua (L.) Pers., Helleborine oxyglottis (Willd.) Pers., Lonchitis oxyglottis (Willd.) Bubani, Orchis lingua (L.) Scop., Serapias brevibracteata St.-Lag., Serapias columnae (Rchb.f.) H.Fleischm., Serapias excavata Schltr., Serapias glabra Lapeyr., Serapias oxyglottis Willd., Serapiastrum lingua (L.) A.A.Eaton
brevibracteata => having short bracts
glabra => without hair, smooth, bald, bare
lingua => tongue-shaped
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: violet, white