Orchidaceae
Heath spotted orchid
Dactylorhiza maculata
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Dactylorhiza
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Common names
By language (34)
- Azerbaijani
- Xallı boşləçək
- Belarusian
- Пальчатакарэннік плямісты
- Bulgarian
- Петнист дланокоренник, Dacthyloriza maculata
- Catalan
- Orquídia tacada dels pantans
- csb
- Srokôcz
- Czech
- Prstnatec plamatý
- Danish
- Plettet Gøgeurt
- Dutch
- Gevlekte orchis, Dacthyloriza maculata
- English
- Heath spotted orchid, Heath spotted-orchid, Moorland spotted orchid
- Estonian
- Kuradi-sõrmkäpp
- Finnish
- Maariankämmekkä
- French
- Dacthyloriza maculata
- German
- Geflecktes Knabenkraut
- gv
- Bwoid saggyrt
- Hungarian
- Foltos ujjaskosbor
- Icelandic
- Brönugras
- Irish
- Na circíní, Cailleach bhreací, Cearc bhreac, Na ciríní, Nuacht bhallach an chaoráin
- Italian
- Concordia, Dacthyloriza maculata
- kw
- Tegeyryan nammek
- Latvian
- Plankumainā dzegužpirkstīte
- Lithuanian
- Dėmėtoji gegūnė
- Luxembourgish
- Gefleckt Fangerwuerzel
- Macedonian
- Пегав салеп
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Blekmarihand
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Bleikmarihand
- Polish
- Kukułka plamista, Stoplamek plamisty, Storczyk plamisty
- Romanian
- Poroinic
- Russian
- Пальчатокоренник пятнистый, Dacthyloriza maculata, Пальцекорник пятнистый, Пальчатокоренник болотолюбивый, Пальчатокоренник крапчатый, Ятрышник крапчатый
- se
- Noaidelieđđi
- Slovak
- Vstavačovec škvrnitý
- Spanish
- Dacthyloriza maculata, Orquidea moteada de los pantanos, Orquídea moteada de los pantanos
- Swedish
- Jungfru Marie nycklar, Fläckigt nyckelblomster, Jungfru Marie hand
- Ukrainian
- Зозульки плямисті, Пальчатокорінник плямистий, Прошибень
- Welsh
- Tegeirian brych y rhos
Synonyms
- Dactylorchis maculata (L.) Verm.
- Dactylorchis maculata subsp. elodes Verm.
- Dactylorhiza fuchsii subsp. transsilvanica Frohner
- Orchis angustifolia var. schurii Klinge
- Orchis basilica L. ex Klinge
- Orchis basilica subsp. maculata (L.) Klinge
- Orchis ericetorum (E.F.Linton) E.S.Marshall
- Orchis maculata L.
- Orchis maculata subsp. transsilvanica Domin
- Orchis nemorosa Friche-Joset & Montandon
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 4,593 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Vesa Oikonen, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jörg Hempel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Liviu Chiriac, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: James Hardcastle, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: bartholomewhasty, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.