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Goodyera repens.
Goodyère rampante.
Creeping lady's tresses.

Yet another orchid that tries to escape the gaze. It flowers relatively late (from mid-June to July... or even much later in autumn) and in more or less dense undergrowth in coniferous stands. It reproduces mainly by sending out stolons and most often measures around ten centimetres. The stem is hairy, the white flowers also provided with a sort of hairiness barely open and are nectariferous. The rounded leaves are generally persistent (so you can spot stations even in winter) and have branched veins (and not aligned like other French orchids).

It is found mainly in the Alps but sporadically in other regions possibly displaced at the same time as young conifer shoots.

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