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| 31st July 2007, Gait Barrows, Silverdale, Cumbria. | Photo: © Roger Foden |
| In a shady woodland setting. A single stalk carries several drooping flowers up the stem. |
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| 31st July 2007, Gait Barrows, Silverdale, Cumbria. | Photo: © Roger Foden |
| The flowers have a pink and white lower lip, and a yellow upper lip. Stems are close-cut downy hairy. |
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| 31st July 2007, Gait Barrows, Silverdale, Cumbria. | Photo: © Roger Foden |
| Two orange blips appear like eyes on the upper lip. The inside the lower lip is brownish. |
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| 31st July 2007, Gait Barrows, Silverdale, Cumbria. | Photo: © Roger Foden |
| There are three pointed sepals, broader than long arranged in an equilateral triangle partly shrouding the flower. |
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| 31st July 2007, Gait Barrows, Silverdale, Cumbria. | Photo: © Roger Foden |
| The leaves are broad and half-clasp the stem, getting smaller up the stem, until at the top amongst the flowers they are narrow rather than their namesake 'broad'. Several bold veins run parallel. |
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Hybridises with : Some similarities to : Marsh Helleborine. Uniquely identifiable characteristics Distinguishing Feature :
No relation to : ANY TEXT GOES HERE |
 Epipactis |
