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Dactylorhiza maculata (L.) Soó

Heath spotted orchid (en), Orchis tacheté (fr), Orchis maculé (fr), Dactylorhize maculé (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Dactylorhiza

Characteristics

A ground orchid. It grows 15-60 cm high. There are 6-10 leaves spaced along the stem. They are oval to oblong. The leaves are spotted. It has 3 similar sized lip lobes. The uppermost leaves are bract like. The flower spike is dense. The flowers are large and pale pink to purple. The lip is lined or dotted with purple. They have narrow bracts around them. The lower bracts are shorter than the flowers.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It grows in wet, acidic soils. It is mainly in hills and mountains in the mediterranean.
More
Moist acid peaty substrata throughout the British Isles.
Light 5-7
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 2-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

Salep is made from the tubers.
Uses medicinal
Edible roots tubers
Therapeutic use Tumor (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Dactylorhiza maculata habit picture by Béatrice Mazeau (cc-by-sa)
Dactylorhiza maculata habit picture by Alain Bigou (cc-by-sa)
Dactylorhiza maculata habit picture by chris rahner (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Dactylorhiza maculata leaf picture by catherine bouniol (cc-by-sa)
Dactylorhiza maculata leaf picture by toth gergely (cc-by-sa)
Dactylorhiza maculata leaf picture by Mathilde Heas (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Dactylorhiza maculata flower picture by Leo Leo de Kaper (cc-by-sa)
Dactylorhiza maculata flower picture by catherine bouniol (cc-by-sa)
Dactylorhiza maculata flower picture by Karin Klumpp (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Dactylorhiza maculata fruit picture by Jean-Louis SCHMITT (cc-by-sa)
Dactylorhiza maculata fruit picture by Fabrice Mélet (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Dactylorhiza maculata world distribution map, present in Austria, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Sweden, and Ukraine

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:626641-1
WFO ID wfo-0000936713
COL ID 33WM5
BDTFX ID 21403
INPN ID 94266
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Orchis maculata f. depressa Orchis basilica Orchis maculata Orchis nemorosa Orchis maculata f. sacciferoides Orchis maculata f. obscura Orchis maculata f. bracteosa Orchis maculata f. lancifolia Orchis maculata f. oblongifolia Orchis maculata f. ovalifolia Orchis maculata f. obtusifolia Orchis maculata f. media Dactylorchis maculata Orchis ericetorum Orchis maculata var. albicans Orchis maculata var. carnea Orchis maculata var. sacciferoides Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. averyanovii Orchis maculata var. biermannii Orchis maculata var. gruenii Orchis maculata var. lusitanica Orchis maculata var. longibracteata Orchis maculata var. macrobracteata Orchis maculata var. comosa Orchis maculata var. angustata Orchis maculata var. sandomiriensis Orchis maculata var. pumila Orchis maculata var. montana Orchis maculata var. paludosa Orchis maculata var. angustifolia Orchis maculata var. foliis-immaculatis Dactylorhiza maculata var. sacciferoides Dactylorhiza maculata var. submacrostachys Dactylorchis maculata var. ovalifolia Dactylorchis maculata var. compacta Dactylorchis maculata var. concolor Dactylorchis maculata var. lineata Dactylorchis maculata var. immaculata Dactylorchis maculata var. laxiflora Dactylorchis maculata var. densiflora Dactylorchis maculata var. grandiflora Dactylorchis maculata var. terschellingensis Dactylorchis maculata var. vexillum Orchis maculata var. vexillum Orchis maculata var. vespertilio Dactylorchis maculata var. vespertilio Dactylorchis maculata var. angustiflora Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. arduennensis Dactylorhiza maculata var. dalarnensis Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. deflexa Orchis maculata f. brevicalcarata Dactylorchis maculata var. spathulata Dactylorchis maculata subsp. elodes Dactylorhiza fuchsii subsp. transsilvanica Orchis angustifolia var. schurii Orchis maculata subsp. transsilvanica Orchis basilica subsp. maculata Dactylorhiza maculata

Lower taxons

Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. savogiensis Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. battandieri Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. caramulensis Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. elodes Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. ericetorum Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. islandica Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. maculata Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. podesta Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. schurii Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. transsilvanica
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