Orchidaceae
Broad-leaved helleborine
Epipactis helleborine
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Epipactis
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Common names
By language (30)
- Arabic
- أفيبقطس خربقي
- Belarusian
- Гайнік лясны, Гайнік шыракалісты
- Catalan
- Hel·leborina de fulles amples
- Chinese
- 小花火烧兰, 火烧兰, 火烧兰根, 火燒蘭, 膀胱七, 野竹兰
- Czech
- Kruštík širolistý
- Danish
- Skov-Hullæbe
- Dutch
- Brede wespenorchis, Breedbladige wespenorchis
- English
- Broad-leaved helleborine, Broadleaf helleborine
- Estonian
- Laialehine neiuvaip, Laialeheline neiuvaip
- Finnish
- Lehtoneidonvaippa
- French
- Épipactis à larges feuilles, Épipactis peti-hellébore
- German
- Breitblättrige Stendelwurz, Breitblättrige Sitter, Breitblättrige Sumpfwurz
- Hebrew
- בן חורש רחב עלים, בן-חורש רחב-עלים, בן חורש רחב-עלים, בן-חורש רחב עלים
- hsb
- Šěroki stawač
- Igbo
- Broad-leaved Helleborine
- Italian
- Elleborina comune
- Japanese
- ハマカキラン, エゾスズラン
- Latvian
- Platlapu dzeguzene
- Lithuanian
- Plačialapis skiautalūpis
- Luxembourgish
- Breetbliedereg Harespelorchidee
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bredflangre, Breiflangre
- Polish
- Kruszczyk szerokolistny
- Russian
- Дремлик зимовниковый, Дремлик лесно́й, Дремлик моро́зниковый, Дремлик обыкнове́нный, Дремлик чемерицеви́дный, Дремлик широколи́стный, Лесна́я чемери́ца
- Slovak
- Kruštík širokolistý
- Slovenian
- Širokolistna močvirnica
- Spanish
- Heleborina de hojas anchas, Cymbidium latifolium
- Swedish
- Skogsknipprot
- Turkish
- Bindallı çiçeği, Bindallı
- Ukrainian
- Коручка чемерникоподібна
- Welsh
- Y galdrist lydanddail
Synonyms
- Amesia squamellosa C.Schweinf.
- Epipactis dalhousieae Wight
- Epipactis helleborine f. helleborine
- Epipactis helleborine var. pallens Gaudin
- Epipactis helleborine var. thomsonii (Hook.f.) Karth.
- Epipactis helleborine var. thomsonii (Hook.f.) Aswal
- Epipactis helleborine var. thomsonii (Hook.f.) R.R.Stewart
- Epipactis latifolia subsp. helleborine (L.) Rivas Goday & Borja
- Epipactis ovalis C.Bab.
- Helleborine helleborine (L.) Druce
- Serapias helleborine L.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 3,657 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael Berardozzi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Styrelsen for Grøn Arealomlægning og Vandmiljø/The Danish Agency for Green Land , CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paul Cook, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Styrelsen for Grøn Arealomlægning og Vandmiljø/The Danish Agency for Green Land , CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Liam Steele, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Corvi Zeman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Styrelsen for Grøn Arealomlægning og Vandmiljø/The Danish Agency for Green Land , CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Roman A. Lagazyuk (Роман А. Лагазюк), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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- Narrow-lipped helleborineEpipactis leptochilaOrchidaceae
- Müllers´ helleborineEpipactis muelleriOrchidaceae
- Green-flowered helleborineEpipactis phyllanthesOrchidaceae
- Eastern marsh helleborineEpipactis veratrifoliaOrchidaceae
- Epipactis albensisOrchidaceae
- Giant helleborineEpipactis giganteaOrchidaceae
- Dune helleborineEpipactis dunensisOrchidaceae
- Epipactis papillosaOrchidaceae
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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.