Epipactis helleborine(L.) Crantz

Broad-leaved helleborine

WFO wfo-0000952061 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Epipactis helleborine, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. a Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-31 / obs. 202524776
Epipactis helleborine, photographed by Dutza K.
fig. b Dutza K., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198031242
Epipactis helleborine, photographed by Henry "Nick" Robertson
fig. c Henry "Nick" Robertson, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 167771677
Epipactis helleborine, photographed by Jeff Clark
fig. d Jeff Clark, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200631506
Epipactis helleborine, photographed by Karen Fry
fig. e Karen Fry, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202514949
Epipactis helleborine, photographed by mdettling
fig. f mdettling, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 187093996
Epipactis helleborine, photographed by Ali Campbell
fig. g Ali Campbell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202503695
Epipactis helleborine, photographed by P Holroyd
fig. h P Holroyd, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186176684

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Flowering n = 3,659 observations

Peak flowering in Jul, from 3,659 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 234 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Amesia consimilis (D.Don) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
  • Amesia discolor (Kraenzl.) Hu
  • Amesia latifolia (L.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
  • Amesia latifolia f. monotropoides Mousley
  • Amesia latifolia f. variegata Mousley
  • Amesia longibracteata Schweinf.
  • Amesia monticola (Schltr.) Hu
  • Amesia orbicularis (K.Richt.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
  • Amesia pycnostachys (K.Koch) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
  • Amesia squamellosa (Schltr.) Hu
  • Amesia squamellosa C.Schweinf.
  • Amesia tangutica (Schltr.) Hu
  • Amesia tenii (Schltr.) Hu
  • Amesia yunnanensis (Schltr.) Hu
  • Calliphyllon latifolium (L.) Bubani
  • Cymbidium latifolium (L.) Sw.
  • Epipactis aspromontana Bartolo, Pulv. & Robatsch
  • Epipactis atropurpurea var. tremolsii (Pau) Schltr.
  • Epipactis atroviridis Linton
  • Epipactis autumnalis Doro
  • Epipactis bithynica Robatsch
  • Epipactis calabrica U.Grabner, S.Hertel & Presser
  • Epipactis cardina Benito & C.E.Hermos.
  • Epipactis collaris S.Hertel

and 210 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.