Elder-Flowered Orchid

Dactylorhiza sambucina

(L.) Soó Species

Looking for an openly licensed photograph…

Botanical name
Dactylorhiza sambucina
Also known as
Elder-Flowered Orchid, Elder-Scented Dactylorhiza
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Dactylorhiza
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Elder-Flowered Orchid

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

GardenDecoded's botanical data covers every accepted species, but growing advice is written by hand rather than imported — so it exists only for the plants we have worked through so far. The botanical detail above is complete and sourced.

Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Dactylorhiza sambucina but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Dactylorchis sambucina Dactylorhiza fasciculata Dactylorhiza fasciculata Dactylorhiza latifolia f. rubra Dactylorhiza sambucina f. chusae Dactylorhiza sambucina f. hybrida Dactylorhiza sambucina f. robusta Dactylorhiza sambucina f. rubra Dactylorhiza sambucina f. rubrobracteata Dactylorhiza sambucina lus. incarnata Dactylorhiza sambucina subsp. laurentina Dactylorhiza sambucina var. hungarica Dactylorhiza sambucina var. hybrida Dactylorhiza sambucina var. laurentina Dactylorhiza sambucina var. rubrobracteata Orchis fasciculata Orchis guffroyi Orchis incarnata Orchis incarnata var. sambucina Orchis laurentina Orchis lutea Orchis maculata subsp. sambucina Orchis pseudosambucina var. fasciculata Orchis pseudosambucina var. fasciculata Orchis saccata Orchis salina Orchis sambucina Orchis sambucina f. barlae Orchis sambucina f. bracteata Orchis sambucina f. hungarica Orchis sambucina f. lanceolata Orchis sambucina f. laurentina Orchis sambucina f. obovata Orchis sambucina f. purpurea Orchis sambucina f. rubrobracteata Orchis sambucina f. rubrobracteata Orchis sambucina f. tripartita Orchis sambucina lus. hybrida Orchis sambucina lus. incarnata Orchis sambucina lus. lutea Orchis sambucina lus. luteopurpurea Orchis sambucina lus. rubra Orchis sambucina subsp. asturica Orchis sambucina subsp. laurentina Orchis sambucina subsp. laurentina Orchis sambucina subvar. luteopurpurea Orchis sambucina subvar. purpurea Orchis sambucina unranked laurentina Orchis sambucina var. bracteata Orchis sambucina var. candida Orchis sambucina var. hungarica Orchis sambucina var. incarnata Orchis sambucina var. incarnata Orchis sambucina var. laurentina Orchis sambucina var. lutea Orchis sambucina var. purpurascens Orchis sambucina var. purpurea Orchis sambucina var. robusta Orchis sambucina var. rubra Orchis sambucina var. rubriflora and 1 more

Others in Dactylorhiza

Dactylorhiza foliosa
Richly-Leaved Dactylorhiza
Dactylorhiza graggeriana
Dactylorhiza hatagirea
Dactylorhiza iberica
Dactylorhiza incarnata
Early Marsh-Orchid
Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. incarnata
Dactylorhiza insularis
Dactylorhiza isculana

GardenDecoded is an educational gardening reference. Botanical data comes from World Flora Online and GBIF; growing guidance is our own. Always check a plant's toxicity and local invasiveness status before planting, and never eat or apply a plant based on this site alone.