Orchidaceae

Dark bee orchid

Ophrys fusca Link

Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Ophrys

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Dark bee orchid: near el Perelló, Catalonia, Spain (location within 1.5 km). — Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (10)

Arabic: حاجبية بنية, أوفريس بني
arz: اوفريس بنى
Catalan: Abellera fosca
Dutch: Bruine orchis
English: Dark bee orchid
German: Braune Ragwurz
Slovenian: Rjavo mačje uho
Spanish: Abejera oscura, Arachnitis fusca, Avispilla, Monjitas, Mosca fusca
Swedish: Brun ofrys
Turkish: Kedigözü

Synonyms

Arachnites fusca (Link) Tod.
Ophrys fusca subsp. obaesa (Lojac.) E.G.Camus & A.Camus
Ophrys fusca var. subfusca (Rchb.f.) Rchb.
Ophrys lutea Biv.
Ophrys sphegodes subsp. moesziana Soó
Ophrys subfusca (Rchb.f.) Batt.
Orchis lutea var. subfusca Rchb.f.
Orchis subfusca Murb.

Photos

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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.