Serapias parviflora, the small-flowered tongue-orchid, is a species of orchid native to the Mediterranean Basin and the Atlantic coast of Europe.
Serapias species grow in both dry and wet soils in a range of habitats including dry grasslands and shrublands, damp pastures and meadows, and-dune slacks, cultivated terraces, olive groves, and open coniferous woodlands (Delforge 1995; Davies et al. 1988).
Description. Serapias parviflora grows to around 10–30 centimetres (4–12 in) high (occasionally up to 40 cm or 16 in). At the base of the stem, there are 4–7 keeled, linear leaves, and 1–3 bract-like leaves further up the stem. The 3–8 flowers (rarely up to 12) are arranged in a spike.
