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Bee Orchid

Ophrys apifera

29,822 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) tonydean, no rights reserved (CC0)

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What the records say

29,822 observations are recorded in the imported source snapshot. Observation source

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.

United States	45,105
Alaska	45,105
France	4,418
United Kingdom	4,401
England	4,132
Spain	2,141
Portugal	1,991
Italy	1,449
Germany	1,417
Occitanie	857

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

Kingdom	Plants · Plantae
Phylum	Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Class	monocots · Liliopsida
Order	Agaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies · Asparagales
Family	Orchids · Orchidaceae
Genus	Bee Orchids · Ophrys

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
How much to rely on each source

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Practise Bee Orchid with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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