Red helleborine  (Cephalanthera rubra)

In the UK, red helleborine is known from single sites in Hampshire, Buckinghamshire and Gloucestershire. It was formerly recorded reliably in a number of other sites in Gloucestershire, and there have been records from Somerset, Sussex and Kent, but the reliability of these reports is not known (2). It also occurs throughout much of Europe, where it is vulnerable (2).

Inhabits deciduous woodlands, typically dominated by beech (2). It lives on free-draining slopes with calcareous soils and a short, patchy ground flora (2).