Orchidaceae

Sword-leaved helleborine

Cephalanthera longifolia (L.) Fritsch

Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Cephalanthera

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Sword-leaved helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia) — FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (30)

arz: سيفالانثيرا لونجيفوليا
Azerbaijani: Uzunyarpaq tozbaş səhləb
Belarusian: Пылкагалоўнік даўгалісты
Bulgarian: Дълголистен главопрашник
Catalan: Curraià blanc
Chinese: 头蕊兰, 金兰, 长叶头蕊兰, 台湾头蕊兰, 高山头蕊兰, 高山頭蕊蘭, 臺灣頭蕊蘭
Czech: Okrotice dlouholistá, Okrotice mečolistá
Danish: Sværdskovlilje
Dutch: Wit bosvogeltje
English: Sword-leaved helleborine, Sword leaved helleborine
Estonian: Valge tolmpea
Finnish: Miekkavalkku
French: Céphalanthère à feuilles étroites, Céphalanthère à feuilles de Ciste, Céphalanthère à feuilles en épée, Céphalanthère à longues feuilles
German: Langblättriges Waldvöglein, Schmalblatt-Waldvöglein, Schwertblättriges Waldvöglein
Hebrew: סחלבן החורש, סחלבן
hsb: Mječikojta ptačulinka
Hungarian: Kardos madársisak, Hosszúlevelű madársisak
Italian: Cefalantera maggiore
Latvian: Garlapu cefalantēra
Lithuanian: Kardalapis garbenis
Luxembourgish: Laangbliederege Bëschvillchen
Norwegian Bokmål: Hvit skogfrue, Kvit skogfrue
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kvit skogfrue, Kvit ogfrue
Persian: گلسر شمشیری
Polish: Buławnik mieczolistny
Russian: Пыльцеголовник длиннолистный, Булатка длиннолистная
Slovenian: Dolgolistna naglavka
Swedish: Vit skogslilja, Cephalantera longifolia, Svärdsyssla
Ukrainian: Булатка довголиста
Welsh: Y galdrist gulddail

Synonyms

Cephalanthera acuminata Wall. ex Lindl.
Cephalanthera alpicola Fukuy.
Cephalanthera alpicola var. shizuoi (F.Maek.) T.Hashim.
Cephalanthera angustifolia Simonk.
Cephalanthera conferta (B.Baumann & H.Baumann) Kreutz
Cephalanthera elegans Schltr.
Cephalanthera ensifolia (Murr.) Rich.
Cephalanthera ensifolia (Ehrh.) Rich.
Cephalanthera ensifolia var. acuminata (Wall. ex Lindl.) Tang & F.T.Wang
Cephalanthera ensifolia var. cesari-gonzalezii Rivas Goday & Bellot
Cephalanthera ensifolia var. maravignae (Tineo) Nyman
Cephalanthera erecta var. shizuoi (F.Maek.) Ohwi ex K.Inoue
Cephalanthera grandiflora Gray
Cephalanthera lonchophylla Rchb.f.
Cephalanthera longifolia f. angustifolia Maire & Weiller
Cephalanthera longifolia f. conformis Suetsugu & H.Hayak.
Cephalanthera longifolia f. latifolia (Maire) Maire & Weiller
Cephalanthera longifolia f. longibracteata (Harz) Asch. & Graebn.
Cephalanthera longifolia f. pilosa (Harz) Soó
Cephalanthera longifolia f. pumila Asch. & Graebn.
Cephalanthera longifolia subsp. conferta B.Baumann & H.Baumann
Cephalanthera longifolia var. gibbosa Boiss.
Cephalanthera longifolia var. latifolia (Maire) D.Rivera & Lopez Velez
Cephalanthera longifolia var. pilosa Harz
Cephalanthera longifolia var. rosea Perko
Cephalanthera mairei Schltr.
Cephalanthera maravignae Tineo
Cephalanthera pallens Rich.
Cephalanthera shizuoi F.Maek.
Cephalanthera taiwaniana S.S.Ying
Cephalanthera thomsonii Rchb.f.
Cephalanthera xiphophylla Rchb.f.
Cephalanthera xiphophyllum var. latifolia Maire
Cymbidium xiphophyllum (Ehrh. ex L.f.) Sw.
Epipactis ensifolia (Ehrh.) F.W.Schmidt
Epipactis ensifolia Sw.
Epipactis grandiflora (L.) Sm.
Epipactis grandifolia All.
Epipactis longifolia (L.) All.
Epipactis longifolia var. gibbosa (Boiss.) W.Zimm.

and 22 more.

Flowers

In flower: April to June (from 2,894 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: katunchik, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Thierry Arbault, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Björn Sothmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Todd Boland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Vsevolod Rudyi, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.