English Name | Sword Leaved Helleborine, Narrow Leaved Helleborine |
Local name | Not recorded |
Botanical name | Cephalanthera longifolia |
Family | Orchidaceae |
Distribution | It is common in moist forests of Tirthan , JiwaNal and Sainj Valleys |
Description | It has white flowers with 8-20 cm in a terminal spike like cluster, the lip small with a few yellow marking and concealed by the longer encircling sepals and petals. |
Flowering | May- August |