Dactylorhiza fuchsii (Druce) Soó subsp. fuchsii

Taxonomy: Fam. Orchidaceae// Genus: Dactylorhiza// Species: Dactylorhiza fuchsii (Druce) Soó // Subspecies: Dactylorhiza fuchsii (Druce) Soó subsp. fuchsii.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by de Soó in Tutin et al. (1980).

Distribution: Native from Europe to Xinjiang (China), Mongolia and Russian Far East (Yakutskiya) according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (accepted as Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. fuchsii (Druce) Hyl.).

Habitat: Mountain pastures at c. 1500 m altitude (Ponikva).

Lifeform: Perrenial; geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL.

References:

Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. fuchsii (Druce) Hyl. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77254091-1 [Accessed 03.08.2023].

Dactylorhiza Necker ex Nevski. de Soó, R. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 333 – 337.