Ophrys battandieri is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to Spain and northwest Africa (Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia), and possibly elsewhere. Ophrys murbeckii may be treated as a synonym.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Murbeck's Bee-orchid being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Ophrys
- Species
- Ophrys murbeckii
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