title: Spiranthes aestivalis
text: # Spiranthes aestivalis
  
  Spiranthes aestivalis, commonly called the summer lady's-tresses, is a species of orchid found in western Europe, Turkey, Russia, and North Africa. The specific epithet, aestivalis, is derived from Latin and means "pertaining to the summer".
  
  It has become locally extinct in the British Isles.
  
  