Dactylorhiza elata

Robust marsh orchid
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Dactylorhiza
Species:	D. elata
Binomial name
	Dactylorhiza elata; (Poir.) Soó (1962)
Synonyms
	Synonyms list Orchis elata Poir. (1789) (Basionym); Gymnadenia elata (Poir.) Lindl.; Orchis latifolia var. elata (Poir.) Rchb.f.; Dactylorchis elata (Poir.) Verm.; Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. elata (Poir.) H.Sund.; Orchis incarnata var. algerica Desf; Orchis vestita Lag. & Rodr.; Orchis munbyana Boiss. & Reut.; Orchis kabyliensis G.Keller; Orchis africana (Klinge) A.W.Hill; Dactylorchis munbyana (Boiss. & Reut.) Verm.; Orchis rassautae (Alleiz.) Alleiz.; Dactylorhiza munbyana (Boiss. & Reut.) Holub; Dactylorhiza vestita (Lag. & Rodr.) Aver.; Orchis sesquipedalis Willd.; Dactylorchis sesquipedalis (Willd.) Verm.; Orchis lusitanica Steud.; Dactylorhiza brennensis (E.Nelson) D.Tyteca & Gathoye; Dactylorhiza occitanica Geniez, Melki, Pain & Soca; also a very long list of names at infraspecific levels; ;

Dactylorhiza elata, the robust marsh orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to the western Mediterranean region (France (including Corsica), Sardinia, Spain, Portugal, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia).

Dactylorhiza elata is a tuberous herbaceous perennial growing to 50 cm (20 in), and producing dense 20 cm (8 in) spikes of purple flowers in spring.

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit (confirmed 2017).