| Nigritella rubra, subsp. rubra |
| taxonomy | described by | (Linnaeus) Reichenbach, Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig |
| published in | Icones Florae Germanicae et Helveticae 23 : 24 : 102 1830 | |
| subsp. rubra | described by | (Wettstein) Beauverd, Gustave |
| published in | Bulletin de la Societè de Genève, Sèr. 2 17 : 337 1926 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Orchidoideae | |
| tribe | Orchideae | |
| subtribe | Orchidinae | |
| genus | Nigritella L.C. Richard 1818 | |
| chromosomes | 80 (GIROS) | |
| native of | origins | alpine meadows on calcareous in Brembana Valley to Mezzoldo, Parina to Oltre il Colle, Seriana to Parre, and Scalve in Coleraine and Schilpario - threatened with extinction |
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| altitude | 1600 - 2350 m (5280 - 7755 ft) | |
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| the plant | life form | geophyte |
| roots | webbed tuberoids | |
| nr. leaves | 6 - 10 | |
| height | 8 - 20 cm (3.2" - 8") | |
| nr. flowers | 6 - 12 | |
| blooming | july to august | |
| index of rarity | 93,33 | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
