Orchidaceae
Frog orchid
Dactylorhiza viridis
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Dactylorhiza
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Common names
By language (32)
- Azerbaijani
- Yaşıl boşləçək
- Belarusian
- Пустапялёснiк зялёны, Пустапялёсьнік зялёны
- Catalan
- Orquídia de la granota
- Chinese
- 綠花凹舌蘭, 凹舌掌裂兰, 凹舌兰, 台湾裂唇兰, 绿花凹舌兰
- Czech
- Vemeníček zelený
- Dutch
- Groene nachtorchis
- English
- Frog orchid, Longbract frog orchid, Long-bract frog orchid
- Estonian
- Rohekas õõskeel
- Finnish
- Pussikämmekkä
- German
- Grüne Hohlzunge, Hohlzunge
- hsb
- Zelena wumjenjowka
- Hungarian
- Zöldike ujjaskosbor, Hegyi zöldike
- Icelandic
- Barnarót
- Italian
- Celoglosso verde, Coeloglossum
- Japanese
- アオチドリ
- koi
- Коелоглоссум, Coeloglossum
- kv
- Коелоглоссум, Coeloglossum
- Latvian
- Zaļā dobziede
- Lithuanian
- Žalioji plateivė
- Luxembourgish
- Gréng Fangerwuerzel
- mdf
- Коелоглоссум, Coeloglossum
- mrj
- Коелоглоссум, Coeloglossum
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Grønnkurle
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Grønkurle
- Polish
- Ozorka zielona, Coeloglossum, Ozorka
- Russian
- Пололепестник, Пололепестник зелёный, Пололепестник зеленый
- Slovenian
- Zeleni volčji jezik
- Spanish
- Orquidea de la rana, Orquídea de la rana
- Swedish
- Grönkulla
- udm
- Коелоглоссум, Coeloglossum
- Ukrainian
- Язичок зелений
- Welsh
- Tegeirian y broga
Synonyms
- Chamorchis viridis (L.) Dumort.
- Coeloglossum nankotaizanensis (Masam.) S.S.Ying
- Coeloglossum viride Hartm.
- Coeloglossum viride (L.) Hartm.
- Coeloglossum viride subsp. bracteatum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Hultén
- Coeloglossum viride subsp. eurasiaticum Selander
- Dactylorhiza viride (L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
- Entaticus viridis (L.) Gray
- Gymnadenia viridis (L.) Rich.
- Habenaria viridis (L.) R.Br.
- Himantoglossum viride (L.) Rchb.
- Orchis viridis (L.) Crantz
- Peristylus viridis (L.) Lindl.
- Platanthera viridis (L.) Lindl.
- Satyrium viride L.
- Sieberia viridis (L.) Spreng.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 877 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: er-birds, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrejus Gaidamavičius, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Terry Instone, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: CDO'F, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ryan Sorrells, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Drepanostoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: pete_gateley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thierry Arbault, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Muir, CC BY 4.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.