Orchidaceae
Red helleborine
Cephalanthera rubra
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Cephalanthera
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Common names
By language (29)
- Belarusian
- Пылкагалоўнік чырвоны
- Bulgarian
- Червен главопрашник
- Catalan
- Curraià vermell, Curraià rosa
- Czech
- Okrotice červená
- Danish
- Rød Skovlilje
- Dutch
- Rood bosvogeltje
- English
- Red helleborine
- Estonian
- Punane tolmpea
- Finnish
- Punavalkku, Cephalantera rubra
- French
- Céphalanthère rouge, Cephalanthere rouge, Elléborine rouge
- Galician
- Chaveiro vermello
- German
- Rotes Waldvöglein, Purpur-Waldvöglein, Rote Waldlilie, Rotes Waldvögelein
- hsb
- Čerwjena ptačulinka
- Hungarian
- Piros madársisak
- Italian
- Cefalantera rossa
- Latvian
- Sarkanā cefalantēra
- Lithuanian
- Raudonasis garbenis
- Luxembourgish
- Roude Bëschvillchen
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Rød skogfrue
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Raud skogfrue
- Persian
- گلسر قرمز
- Polish
- Buławnik czerwony
- Russian
- Пыльцеголовник красный
- Slovak
- Prilbovka červená
- Slovenian
- Rdeča naglavka
- Swedish
- Röd skogslilja, Rödsyssla
- Tatar
- Кызыл серкәбаш
- Ukrainian
- Булатка червона
- Welsh
- Y galdrist goch
Synonyms
- Cephalanthera comosa Tineo
- Cephalanthera rubra f. alba Raynaud
- Cephalanthera rubra f. comosa (Tineo) Robatsch
- Cephalanthera rubra f. latior Zapał.
- Cephalanthera rubra f. parviflora (Harz) Soó
- Cephalanthera rubra f. tenczyniensis (Zapał.) Soó
- Cephalanthera rubra lus. albiflora (Harz) Touss. & Hoschedé
- Cephalanthera rubra var. comosa (Tineo) Nyman
- Cephalanthera rubra var. leucantha Bordz.
- Cephalanthera rubra var. tenczyniensis Zapał.
- Cymbidium rubrum (L.) Sw.
- Dorycheile rubra (L.) Fuss
- Epipactis purpurea Crantz
- Epipactis rubra (L.) F.W.Schmidt
- Epipactis rubra lus. albiflora Harz
- Epipactis rubra lus. parviflora Harz
- Epipactis rubra var. parviflora (Harz) W.Zimm.
- Helleborine rubra (L.) Schrank
- Limodorum rubrum (L.) Kuntze
- Serapias rubra L.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 1,266 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Petr Šedý, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Надежда Прыкина, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kostas Zontanos, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Olivier Pichard, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Saskia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Noé Fleury Frouart, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bastien Le Mort, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bobo-X, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Noé Fleury Frouart, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sarah Faulwetter, 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.