Orchis provincialis balbis

Orchis provincialis balbis. Perennial plant 15 to 30 cm, glabrous with entire ovoid tubercles, oblong lanceolate leaves, not dilated below the top, spotted with brown, pale yellow flowers, quite large, 6-20 cm in an oval spike then elongated loosely; lower bracts trinerved beyond the ovary, the others shorter, outer divisions of the perianth obtuse, the lateral ones spread out, the upper and the two lower ones connivent; lip folded in two, uniform yellow punctuated with purple, three-lobed, with slightly uneven and crenate lobes; ascending horizontal, cylindrical, club-like spur equaling the ovary. Grows in woods and grassy hillsides of the Mediterranean region in April-May.