Dactylorhiza alpestris (Pugsley) Aver. 1983 Photo courtesy of V. Lecomte and the Orchids of France and Europe
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Common Name The Alpine Dactylorhiza
Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]
A miniature to small sized, cold growing terrestrial from Spain, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and Yugoslavia in full sun near springs, seepages and marshy hollows in the mountains at elevations of 1500 to 2600 meters with 3 t o5, oval to elliptical, sometimes almost orbicular, spotted leaves with the uppermost 1 to 2 being bract-like, that blooms in the late spring and summer on an erect, terminal, 4 to 8" [10 to 20 cm] long, racemose, cylindrical inflorescence with leaflike bracts and many flowers.
Synonyms Dactylorchis alpestris (Pugsley) Verm. 1847; Dactylorhiza fistulosa subsp. alpestris (Pugsley) H.Baumann & Künkele 1988 ; Dactylorhiza latifolia subsp. alpestris (Pugsley) Soó in ?; Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. alpestris (Pugsley) Senghas 1968; Dactylorhiza majalis var. alpestris (Pugsley) Wucherpf. 2002 publ. 2003; Dactylorhiza majalis var. pumila (Freyn ex M.Schulze) H.Baumann 2002; *Orchis alpestris Pugsley 1935; Orchis latifolia f. pumila Freyn ex M.Schulze 1902
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East Delforge 2005
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