COMMON SPOTTED ORCHID

The 'Common Spotted Orchid' (''Dactylorhiza fuchsii'') is a
commonly occurring species of European orchid. It is widely variable in colour and height, ranging from 5 to 60 cm in height. The flower colour can vary from pale pink to pale purple to white, with purple spots and edges. The lip has three lobes.

★ Flowers: June-August.

★ Leaves: narrow lanceolate, keeled, often dark-spotted.

★ Distribution: grassland, on lime.

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Subspecies

★ ''Dactylorhiza fuchsii'' subsp. ''carpatica'' (Batoušek & Kreutz) Kreutz (Slovakia)

★ ''Dactylorhiza fuchsii'' subsp. ''fuchsii'' (Europe to Siberia and Mongolia)

★ ''Dactylorhiza fuchsii'' subsp. ''hebridensis'' (Wilmott) Soó (Great Britain, Ireland)

★ ''Dactylorhiza fuchsii'' subsp. ''okellyi'' (Druce) Soó (Great Britain, Ireland)

★ ''Dactylorhiza fuchsii'' subsp. ''psychrophila'' (Schltr.) Holub (Europe to Siberia)

★ ''Dactylorhiza fuchsii'' subsp. ''sooiana'' (Borsos) Borsos (Slovakia, Hungary)

Source

★ World Checklist of Monocotyledons, Kew Botanical Gardens

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