Dactylorhiza × abantiana
Heath Spotted-Orchid
Dactylorhiza maculata
(L.) Soó Species
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- Botanical name
- Dactylorhiza maculata
- Also known as
- Heath Spotted Orchid, Heath Spotted-Orchid
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Dactylorhiza
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Heath Spotted-Orchid
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Dactylorhiza maculata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Dactylorchis maculata
Dactylorchis maculata subsp. elodes
Dactylorhiza fuchsii subsp. transsilvanica
Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. arduennensis
Orchis angustifolia var. schurii
Orchis basilica
Orchis basilica subsp. maculata
Orchis ericetorum
Orchis maculata
Orchis maculata subsp. transsilvanica
Orchis nemorosa
Others in Dactylorhiza
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