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Dense-flowered Orchid, Neotinea maculata, Magairlín glas
The Burren, Co. Clare. © Patrick Slavin

Dense-flowered Orchid
Neotinea maculata
Magairlín glas
Family: Orchidaceae

Flowering: April-June. Tuberous perennial. Native.

Dense, cylindrical spikes of vanilla-scented creamy flowers. Greyish-green basal leaves, smaller, clasping stem leaves. Leaves often have lines of small purple-brown spots. A short, inconspicuous plant, height 10-30cm

Base-rich or calcareous gravelly soils on limestone pavements, grassland, dunes, roadsides and in hazel woodland. Very rare, mainly in Co. Clare, and classed as Near Threatened. Member of the Lusitanian Flora

Similar: Small-white Orchid, Pseudorchis albida

Dense-flowered Orchid, Neotinea maculata, Magairlín glas
Dense-flowered Orchid, Neotinea maculata, Magairlín glas

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