Dactylorhiza incarnata, the early marsh-orchid, is a perennial, temperate-climate species of orchid generally found growing in wet meadows, and generally on base-rich soils, up to about 2100m asl. The species occurs widely in Europe and Asia from Portugal and Ireland east to Siberia and Xinjiang.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Early Marsh-orchid being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Dactylorhiza umbrosa
- Dactylorhiza salina
- Dactylorhiza praetermissa
- Dactylorhiza majalis
- Dactylorhiza purpurella
- Dactylorhiza sibirica
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Dactylorhiza
- Species
- Dactylorhiza incarnata
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