Orchidaceae
Military orchid
Orchis militaris
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Orchis
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Common names
By language (31)
- arz
- ميليتار الاورشيس
- Belarusian
- Ятрышнік шлеманосны
- bua
- Сэгрэм
- Bulgarian
- Шлемовиден салеп
- Catalan
- Orquídia militar, Orquis militar
- Chinese
- 四裂紅門蘭, 四裂红门兰, 四裂红门兰}}
- Czech
- Vstavač vojenský
- Danish
- Ridder-Gøgeurt
- Dutch
- Soldaatje
- English
- Military orchid
- Estonian
- Hall käpp
- Finnish
- Soikkokämmekkä
- German
- Helm-Knabenkraut, Helmknabenkraut
- hsb
- Nahłownicojta pihawka
- Hungarian
- Vitéz kosbor, Vitézkosbor
- Italian
- Orchide militare
- Kazakh
- Телпек сүйсін
- Latvian
- Bruņcepuru dzegužpuķe, Bruņcepuru dzegužpuķ, Bruņcepures dzegužpuķe
- Lithuanian
- Šalmuotoji gegužraibė
- Luxembourgish
- Zaldote-Bouwekraut
- Macedonian
- Војнички салеп
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Johannesnøklar
- os
- Тахъахуыз æнæзæнæджыхос
- Polish
- Storczyk kukawka
- Russian
- Ятрышник шлемоносный, Ятрышник шлемовидный
- Slovak
- Vstavač vojenský
- Slovenian
- Čeladasta kukavica
- Spanish
- Strateuma militaris
- Swedish
- Johannesnycklar, Johannes nyckelblomster, Johannesnyckel
- Ukrainian
- Зозулинець шоломоносний
- Welsh
- Tegeirian y milwr
Synonyms
- Orchis militaris var. nervata (Marchand) Nyman
- Orchis tephrosanthos var. militaris (L.) Loisel.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 2,907 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Roman A. Lagazyuk (Роман А. Лагазюк), CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andreas Rockstein, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Björn Sothmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Pikner, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: evgeniq_benihanov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Piotr Lukasik, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JW., CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bobo-X, 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). About our plant data.