Dactylorhiza majalis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Dactylorhiza
- Species
- Dactylorhiza majalis
- Scientific Name
- Dactylorhiza majalis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Dactylorhiza majalis
Dactylorhiza majalis, or the broad-leaved marsh orchid, is a terrestrial Eurasian orchid.
Subspecies include the western marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. occidentalis) and southern marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. praetermissa).
The broad-leaved marsh orchid grows mainly in nitrogen-poor marsh areas that consist of several plant communities. More rarely, it is found in fens. Its flowering period begins at lower elevations as early as the beginning of May and ends in higher elevations at the end of July. The lowest blossoms usually open even before the stem has reached its full height.
...Dactylorhiza majalis in languages:
- Belarusian
- Пальчатакарэннік майскі
- Bokmål
- stormarihand
- Catalan
- Orquis magenc
- Czech
- prstnatec májový
- Danish
- Maj-gøgeurt
- Dutch
- Brede orchis
- English
- Broad-leaved Marsh Orchid
- Estonian
- laialehine sõrmkäpp
- Finnish
- toukokämmekkä
- French
- Orchis de Mai
- French
- Dactylorhize de mai
- French
- Dactylorhize fistuleux
- French
- Orchis fistuleux
- German
- Breitblättriges Knabenkraut
- Hungarian
- Széleslevelű ujjaskosbor
- Lithuanian
- Plačialapė gegūnė
- Polish
- Kukułka szerokolistna
- Russian
- Пальчатокоренник майский
- Slovak
- vstavačovec májový
- Slovene
- majska prstasta kukavica
- Swedish
- dubbelnycklar
- Ukrainian
- Зозульки травневі
- Ukrainian
- Пальчатокорінник травневий
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Dactylorhiza aristata
- Dactylorhiza atlantica
- Dactylorhiza baumanniana
- Dactylorhiza cantabrica
- Dactylorhiza cordigera
- Dactylorhiza durandii
- Dactylorhiza elata
- Dactylorhiza euxina
- Dactylorhiza foliosa
- Dactylorhiza guillaumeae
- Dactylorhiza hatagirea
- Dactylorhiza iberica
- Dactylorhiza incarnata
- Dactylorhiza insularis
- Dactylorhiza isculana
- Dactylorhiza kafiriana
- Dactylorhiza kerryensis
- Dactylorhiza lapponica
- Dactylorhiza maculata
- Dactylorhiza magna
- Dactylorhiza majalis
- Dactylorhiza osmanica
- Dactylorhiza phoenissa
- Dactylorhiza praetermissa
- Dactylorhiza purpurella
- Dactylorhiza romana
- Dactylorhiza russowii
- Dactylorhiza saccifera
- Dactylorhiza salina
- Dactylorhiza sambucina
- Dactylorhiza sibirica
- Dactylorhiza sudetica
- Dactylorhiza traunsteineri
- Dactylorhiza traunsteinerioides
- Dactylorhiza umbrosa
- Dactylorhiza urvilleana
- Dactylorhiza vadorum
- Dactylorhiza viridis
- Dactylorhiza × aschersoniana
- Dactylorhiza × braunii
- Dactylorhiza × formosa
- Dactylorhiza × grandis
- Dactylorhiza × influenza
- Dactylorhiza × kerneriorum
- Dactylorhiza × latirella
- Dactylorhiza × mixta
- Dactylorhiza × ruppertii
- Dactylorhiza × transiens
- Dactylorhiza × venusta