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Early Marsh-orchid, Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp coccinea
Co. Limerick and Bull Island, Co. Dublin

Early Marsh-orchid
Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. coccinea
Magairlín mór
Family: Orchidaceae

Early Marsh-orchid: Flowering May - July. Tuberous perennial. Native.

Subsp. coccinea has deep reddish-pink flowers and the leaves are recurved and unspotted. It can be locally abundant in damp dune-slacks, machair grassland and calcareous fens.

Similar: Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. incarnata and D. incarnata subsp. pulchella

Early Marsh-orchid, Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp coccinea
Early Marsh-orchid, Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. coccinea

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