Epipactis helleborine

Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz is a rhizomatous geophyte that is native to northwest Africa and much of Europe and Asia. It was introduced into Canada and North America and has naturalized in the Northeastern United States and other areas of the continent. Leaves can be white, green, or pink. Sepals are green, often purple tinged or striped and the side petals and lip are white to pink outside and brown to purple inside. Photos from Mary Sue Ittner of plants growing along the road in mixed evergreen forest on the MendocinoSonomaCoast, California.