Orchidaceae

Marsh helleborine

Epipactis palustris (L.) Crantz

Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Epipactis

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Marsh helleborine (Epipactis palustris) — FlowerPhoto: Roman A. Lagazyuk (Роман А. Лагазюк), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (31)

Bulgarian: Блатен дремник
Catalan: Hel·leborina dels pantans
Chinese: 新疆火烧兰, 新疆火燒蘭
Croatian: Močvarna kruščika
cv: Сӳрĕк курăк
Czech: Kruštík bahenní
Danish: Sump-Hullæbe
Dutch: Moeraswespenorchis
English: Marsh helleborine, Marsh orchid
Estonian: Soo-neiuvaip
Finnish: Suoneidonvaippa
French: Épipactis des marais
German: Sumpf-Stendelwurz, Echte Sumpfwurz, Sumpf-Sitter, Sumpfstendelwurz, Weiße Sumpfwurz
hsb: Běły stawač
Hungarian: Mocsári nőszőfű
Italian: Elleborina palustre, Elleborine palustre
Japanese: エピパクティス・レプトキラ
Kazakh: Батпақ жылантамыры
Latvian: Purva dzeguzene
Lithuanian: Pelkinis skiautalūpis
Luxembourgish: Suppen-Harespelorchidee
Norwegian Bokmål: Myrflangre
Norwegian Nynorsk: Myrflangre
Persian: خربقان باتلاقی
Polish: Kruszczyk błotny
Russian: Дремлик болотный
Slovak: Kruštík močiarny
Spanish: Heleborina de los pantanos, Orquidea de los pantanos
Swedish: Kärrknipprot
Ukrainian: Коручка болотна
Welsh: Caldrist y gors

Synonyms

Amesia palustris (L.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
Arthrochilium palustre (L.) Beck
Calliphyllon palustre (L.) Bubani
Cymbidium palustre (L.) Sw.
Epipactis palustris f. albiflora (Lüscher) Verm.
Epipactis palustris f. ampla Höppner
Epipactis palustris f. elongata Höppner
Epipactis palustris f. ericetorum (Asch. & Graebn.) Soó
Epipactis palustris f. gracilis Höppner
Epipactis palustris f. longibracteata Höppner
Epipactis palustris f. macrostachya Höppner
Epipactis palustris f. ochroleuca (Barla) Verm.
Epipactis palustris f. pumila Zapał.
Epipactis palustris f. purpurea (Sipkes) Verm.
Epipactis palustris f. rectilinguis Höppner
Epipactis palustris f. robusta (Zapał.) Höppner
Epipactis palustris f. silvatica (Asch. & Graebn.) Höppner
Epipactis palustris f. submersa Glück
Epipactis palustris f. tricolor (Höppner) L.Lewis & Mielcarek
Epipactis palustris lus. ochroleuca (Barla) Höppner
Epipactis palustris lus. tricolor Höppner
Epipactis palustris lus. violacea Höppner
Epipactis palustris subsp. salina (Schur) K.Richt.
Epipactis palustris var. albiflora Höppner
Epipactis palustris var. albiflora Lüscher
Epipactis palustris var. elatior Pantu
Epipactis palustris var. ericetorum Asch. & Graebn.
Epipactis palustris var. ochroleuca Barla
Epipactis palustris var. parvifolia Schur
Epipactis palustris var. purpurea Sipkes
Epipactis palustris var. robusta Zapał.
Epipactis palustris var. silvatica Asch. & Graebn.
Epipactis salina Schur
Helleborine palustris (L.) Schrank
Helleborine palustris (L.) Hill
Helleborine palustris f. ampla (Höppner) Soó
Helleborine palustris f. ericetorum (Asch. & Graebn.) Soó
Helleborine palustris f. gracilis (Höppner) Soó
Helleborine palustris f. longibracteata (Höppner) Soó
Helleborine palustris f. parvifolia (Schur) Soó

and 13 more.

Flowers

In flower: June to July (from 683 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Roman A. Lagazyuk (Роман А. Лагазюк), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Christoph Moning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Roman A. Lagazyuk (Роман А. Лагазюк), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Thierry Arbault, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Josh Hedley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sigitas Juzėnas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Дмитрий Кошелев, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Björn Sothmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Terry Instone, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Björn Sothmann, CC BY-SA 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.