Orchis morio
Family : Orchidaceae
Green-winged Orchid
1/119 : Native
A small but persistent colony still grows in a wet meadow alongside of Priory Road. Single spikes also occur sporadically in nearby fields.

J F Robinson 1902: He regards the species as being very common in the pastures of Holderness.

Herbarium material: HUM : Dunswell Lane, Hull 1891 {J R Walker}.

R Middleton 2000

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