Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Marsh Helleborine, Epipactis palustris, Cuaichín corraigh
Photographs: Co. Clare

Marsh Helleborine
Epipactis palustris
Cuaichín corraigh
Family: Orchidaceae

Flowering June - July. Perennial. Native

One-sided, lax racemes of pink-purplish flowers with a white lip. The sepals are purplish-brown, the petals white with reddish marks. Slender, downy ovary. Strap-shaped, keeled, mid-green leaves with prominent veinson slender downy stems that are often purple-flushed. To 60cm.

Found on neutral to calcareous lake edges, dune slacks, wet meadows, marshes and fens. Locally frequent in parts of central Ireland but decreasing

Marsh Helleborine, Epipactis palustris, Cuaichín corraigh

Marsh Helleborine, Epipactis palustris, Cuaichín corraigh
Marsh Helleborine, Epipactis palustris, Cuaichín corraigh

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