Orchidaceae
Common twayblade
Neottia ovata
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Neottia
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Common names
By language (33)
- Arabic
- اوفريس
- Armenian
- Երկտերևի ձվաձև
- arz
- ليستيرا اوفاتا
- Belarusian
- Тайнік яйцападобны, Тайнік авальны, Дрэмлік, Начная цень, Тайнік яйкападобны
- Bulgarian
- Овален тайник
- Chinese
- 欧洲对叶兰, 歐洲對葉蘭
- Croatian
- Jajoliki čopotac
- Czech
- Bradáček vejčitý
- Danish
- Ægbladet fliglæbe
- Dutch
- Grote keverorchis
- English
- Common twayblade, European common twayblade, Twayblade, Eggleaf twayblade
- Estonian
- Suur käopõll
- Finnish
- Soikkokaksikko
- French
- Listère à feuilles ovales, Listere a feuilles ovales, Listère ovale
- German
- Großes Zweiblatt, Grosses Zweiblatt
- Greek
- Πράσινο Κρινάκι
- hsb
- Wulka dwěnka
- Hungarian
- Tojásdadbékakonty
- Igbo
- Common Twayblade, European Common Twayblade, Twayblade
- Irish
- Dédhuilleog
- Japanese
- ネオティア・オバタ
- Latvian
- Ovālā divlape
- Lithuanian
- Kiaušininė dviguonė
- Luxembourgish
- Grousst Zweeblat
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Stortveblad
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Stortviblad
- Persian
- دوبرگی
- Russian
- Тайник овальный, Тайник яйцевидный, Тайник яйцеподобный
- Slovak
- Bradáčik vajcovitolistý, Bradáčik vajcovitý
- Swedish
- Tvåblad, Tveblad
- Turkish
- Yumurta yapraklı orkide
- Ukrainian
- Зозулині сльози яйцеподібні, Зозулині сльози, Зозулині сльози яйцевидні
- Welsh
- Caineirian
Synonyms
- Bifolium ovatum (L.) Nieuwl.
- Diphryllum ovatum (L.) Kuntze
- Distomaea ovata (L.) Spenn.
- Epipactis ovalifolia Stokes
- Epipactis ovata (L.) Crantz
- Epipactis ovata var. trifoliata St.-Lag.
- Helleborine ovata (L.) F.W.Schmidt
- Listera multinervia Peterm.
- Listera ovata (L.) R.Br.
- Listera ovata f. brachyglossa Peterm.
- Listera ovata f. densiflora W.Zimm.
- Listera ovata f. elliptica Zapał.
- Listera ovata f. gracilis Zapał.
- Listera ovata f. minima Zapał.
- Listera ovata f. multinervia (Peterm.) Peterm.
- Listera ovata f. parvifolia Asch. & Graebn.
- Listera ovata f. platyglossa Peterm.
- Listera ovata f. trifoliata Bolzon
- Listera ovata f. verticillata Lindstr.
- Listera ovata lus. alternifolia Peterm.
- Listera ovata lus. quadrifoliata W.Zimm.
- Listera ovata lus. trifoliata (Cariot & St.-Lag.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Listera ovata var. trifoliata Cariot & St.-Lag.
- Listera ovata var. trifoliata St.-Lag.
- Malaxis ovata (L.) Bernh.
- Neottia latifolia Rich.
- Ophrys bifolia Lam.
- Ophrys ovata L.
- Pollinirhiza ovata (L.) Dulac
- Serapias ovata (L.) Steud.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 1,410 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: ml_ls, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Lera Miles, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dr. Nasser Halaweh, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bobo-X, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dmitry Lyskov, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ondřej Křivan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Henry Miller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philokretes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Paweł Zuzelski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, 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.