Orchidaceae
Lizard orchid
Himantoglossum hircinum
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Himantoglossum
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Common names
By language (18)
- Arabic
- خطمي الكلب, خطمي الثعلب, سحلب, قاتل اخيه
- arz
- هيمانتوجلوسوم هيرسينوم
- Bulgarian
- Обикновена пърчовка
- Catalan
- Orquídia del llangardaix
- Czech
- Jazýček kozlí
- Dutch
- Bokkenorchis
- English
- Lizard orchid
- French
- Loroglosse à odeur de bouc, Satyre fétide
- German
- Bocks-Riemenzunge, Bocksorchis, Bocksriemenzunge
- hsb
- Wšědna byklinka
- Hungarian
- Bakbűzű sallangvirág, Mediterrán sallangvirág
- Italian
- Barbone caprino
- Luxembourgish
- Bock-Rimmerzong
- Persian
- ارکیده مارمولکی
- Slovak
- Jazýčkovec kozí
- Spanish
- Orquídea del Lagarto, Orquidea del lagarto
- Vietnamese
- Lizard Orchid
- Welsh
- Tegeirian y fadfall
Synonyms
- Aceras hircinum (L.) Lindl.
- Aceras hircinum var. calamistratum Gallé
- Aceras hircinum var. divergens Gallé
- Aceras hircinum var. forcipula Gallé
- Aceras hircinum var. platyglossum É.Gallé
- Aceras hircinum var. thuringiacum M.Schulze
- Himantoglossum hircinum f. acutum Kurt.Wagner
- Himantoglossum hircinum f. brevibracteatum Kurt.Wagner
- Himantoglossum hircinum f. brevilaciniatum Kurt.Wagner
- Himantoglossum hircinum f. calamistratum (Gallé) Soó
- Himantoglossum hircinum f. coloriglossum Voelckel & Kurt.Wagner
- Himantoglossum hircinum f. comosum Waisb.
- Himantoglossum hircinum f. divergens Soó
- Himantoglossum hircinum f. forcipula (Gallé) Soó
- Himantoglossum hircinum f. latisectum Waisb.
- Himantoglossum hircinum f. laxiflorum W.Zimm.
- Himantoglossum hircinum f. longelaciniatum Kurt.Wagner
- Himantoglossum hircinum f. purpureum Kurt.Wagner
- Himantoglossum hircinum f. thuringiacum (M.Schulze) M.Schulze
- Himantoglossum hircinum lus. albidum W.Zimm.
- Himantoglossum hircinum lus. inodorum Kurt.Wagner
- Himantoglossum hircinum lus. viridans W.Zimm.
- Himantoglossum hircinum var. aestivalis Kreutz & Steinfeld
- Himantoglossum hircinum var. altum Kurt.Wagner
- Himantoglossum hircinum var. bracteatum Schltr.
- Himantoglossum hircinum var. comosum Waisb.
- Himantoglossum hircinum var. confusum Kurt.Wagner
- Himantoglossum hircinum var. hircinum
- Himantoglossum hircinum var. hirsutum Kurt.Wagner
- Himantoglossum hircinum var. minusculum Kurt.Wagner
- Himantoglossum hircinum var. obtusum De Langhe
- Himantoglossum hircinum var. pendulum Kurt.Wagner
- Himantoglossum hircinum var. praealtum Kurt.Wagner
- Himantoglossum hircinum var. pullum Kurt.Wagner
- Himantoglossum hircinum var. viride Kurt.Wagner
- Loroglossum hircinum (L.) Rich.
- Loroglossum hircinum f. calamistratum (Gallé) E.G.Camus
- Loroglossum hircinum f. divergens E.G.Camus
- Loroglossum hircinum f. forcipula (Gallé) E.G.Camus
- Loroglossum hircinum var. minor Gray
and 4 more.
Photos

Photo: BerndH, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.