Orchidaceae

White helleborine

Cephalanthera damasonium (Mill.) Druce

Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Cephalanthera

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White helleborine (Cephalanthera damasonium) — FlowerPhoto: Björn Sothmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (26)

arz: سيفالانثيرا داماسونيوم
Bulgarian: Бял главопрашник, Блед главопрашник
Catalan: Curraià pàl·lid, Curraià grogós, Curraià de Damasc, Céphalanthère à grandes fleurs
Chinese: 大花头蕊兰, 大花头蕊蘭
Czech: Okrotice bílá
Dutch: Bleek bosvogeltje
English: White helleborine
Finnish: Suurvalkku
French: Céphalanthère de Damas, Céphalanthère à grandes fleurs, Elléborine blanche
German: Weisses Waldvöglein, Weißes Waldvöglein, Bleiches Waldvöglein, Breitblatt-Waldvöglein, Céphalanthère à grandes fleurs
hsb: Wulka ptačulinka
Hungarian: Fehér madársisak
Irish: Cuaichín bán
Italian: Cefalantera bianca
Lithuanian: Stambiažiedis garbenis, Céphalanthère à grandes fleurs
Luxembourgish: Bleeche Bëschvillchen
Norwegian Nynorsk: Stor skogfrue
Persian: گلسر جنگلی
Polish: Buławnik wielkokwiatowy
Russian: Пыльцеголовник крупноцветковый
Slovak: Prilbovka biela
Slovenian: Bleda naglavka
Spanish: Epipacte blanca, Epipactes
Swedish: Stor skogslilja, Céphalanthère à grandes fleurs, Storsyssla
Ukrainian: Булатка великоквіткова
Welsh: Y galdrist wen

Synonyms

Cephalanthera alba (Crantz) Simonk.
Cephalanthera alba var. adenophora R.Keller
Cephalanthera damasonium f. collina (Zapał.) Soó
Cephalanthera damasonium f. gracilis (Zapał.) Soó
Cephalanthera damasonium f. spicata (W.Zimm.) Soó
Cephalanthera damasonium var. ochroleuca (Baumg.) Soó
Cephalanthera lancifolia (Murray) Dumort.
Cephalanthera latifolia Janch.
Cephalanthera latifolia f. adenophora (R.Keller) Soó
Cephalanthera latifolia f. collina (Zapał.) Soó
Cephalanthera latifolia f. gracilis (Zapał.) Soó
Cephalanthera latifolia f. pienena (Zapał.) Soó
Cephalanthera latifolia f. spicata (W.Zimm.) Soó
Cephalanthera ochroleuca (Baumg.) Rchb.
Cephalanthera pallens subsp. ochroleuca (Baumg.) Nyman
Cephalanthera pallens var. collina Zapał.
Cephalanthera pallens var. gracilis Zapał.
Cephalanthera pallens var. pienena Zapał.
Cephalanthera yuennanensis Hand.-Mazz.
Cymbidium pallens Sw.
Epipactis alba Crantz
Epipactis alba f. spicata W.Zimm.
Epipactis lancifolia (Murray) F.W.Schmidt
Epipactis ochroleuca Baumg.
Serapias damasonium Mill.
Serapias grandiflora subsp. lancifolia (Murray) Ehrh.
Serapias lancifolia Roth
Serapias lancifolia Murray
Serapias latifolia Mill.
Serapias ochroleuca (Baumg.) Steud.
Serapias pallens (Sw.) S.B.Jundz.
Serapias tota-alba Gilib.

Flowers

In flower: May to June (from 1,351 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Björn Sothmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: SteveM4560, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Thibaud Aronson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Ondřej Křivan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Иван Ковтун Ivan Kovtun, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Juan C. Espinosa, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bobo-X, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jess Green, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Louis Aureglia, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.