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| 12th June 2008, Monks Dale, Derbyshire | Photo: © RWD |
| An easily over-looked plant in light-green camouflage, up to 60cm high. Leafless upper stem, flower in a well-separated spike at the top. |
| 12th June 2008, Monks Dale, Derbyshire | Photo: © RWD |
| Flowers yellowish-green with a similarly-coloured long drooping apron-like lip. |
| 12th June 2008, Monks Dale, Derbyshire | Photo: © RWD |
| The drooping lip is forked in the lowest third of its 7-15mm length. |
| 12th June 2008, Monks Dale, Derbyshire | Photo: © RWD |
| From a full-frontal perspective, the flower looks like an alien wearing a short cowled head-piece, with four short curved arms, one pair raised above its head. Its small head is yellow. The aliens can be any-which-way up, few even upside down. |
| 12th June 2008, Monks Dale, Derbyshire | Photo: © RWD |
| The four 'arms' may redden. |
| 16th July 2011, Dugort, Achill Island, Eire. | Photo: © Paula O'Meara |
| Stems tend to redden in high summer. From the side, the flower has a slightly inflated sepal-tube, a little like those of White Campion. |
| 12th June 2008, Monks Dale, Derbyshire | Photo: © RWD |
| There are just a single opposite pair of very broad stubby stem leaves close to the ground, but not basal. Stems have very short fine whitish hairs. |
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A member of the Orchid Family of plants.
Can be mistaken for: Distinguishing Feature : A single pair of broad but stubby leaves on the stem suspended above ground level and with no other leaves anywhere else. The flower looks like an alien with a long, split at the bottom, yellowish-green apron. Likes to grown in grassy places and in woods. Seems to prefer lime. ANY TEXT GOES HERE |

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Neottia |
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