Serapias lingua

Serapias lingua, commonly known as tongue-orchid^[3] or the tongue Serapias, is a species of orchid native to the Mediterranean.^[4]

Serapias lingua
Flower of Serapias lingua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Serapias
Species:	S. lingua
Binomial name
Serapias lingua L.[1]
Synonyms[2]
Helleborine lingua (L.) Pers. Orchis lingua (L.) Scop. Serapiastrum lingua (L.) A.A.Eaton

Habitat and distribution

Serapias lingua can be found in damp meadows and open fields of Portugal, Spain, Malta, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece and all the Mediterranean islands west of Crete and in western North Africa.^{[citation needed]}

Flowering

Serapias lingua flowers in spring to early summer with 2.5 cm flowers and then they go dormant in mid and late summer.^{[citation needed]}