Dactylorhiza sambucina

Dactylorhiza sambucina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Dactylorhiza
Species:
D. sambucina
Binomial name
Dactylorhiza sambucina
(L.) Soó (1962)
Synonyms
  • Orchis sambucina L. (1755) (Basionym)
  • Dactylorchis sambucina (L.) Verm. (1947)
  • Dactylorhiza latifolia (L.) H.Baumann & Kunkele
  • Orchis lutea Dulac
  • Orchis incarnata var. sambucina (L.) Lapeyr. ex Bubani
  • Dactylorchis sambucina (L.) Verm
  • Orchis schleicheri Sweet
  • Orchis fasciculata Tineo in G.Gussone
  • Orchis salina Fronius
  • Orchis laurentina R.Bolos ex Vayr.
  • Orchis guffroyi P.Fourn.
  • Dactylorhiza fasciculata (Tineo) H.Baumann & Künkele
  • also many names at subspecies and variety levels

Dactylorhiza sambucina, the elder-flowered orchid, is an herbaceous plant belonging to the family Orchidaceae. It is quite common and widespread throughout much of Europe from Portugal east to Finland and Ukraine. The flowers appear in spring and summer, in various colors from yellow to purple.

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