Dactylorhiza purpurella

Northern marsh orchid

Dactylorhiza purpurella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Dactylorhiza
Species:	D. purpurella
Binomial name
*Dactylorhiza purpurella* (T. Stephenson & T.A. Stephenson) Soó (1962)
Synonyms
Orchis purpurella T. Stephenson & T.A. Stephenson (1920) (Basionym) Dactylorchis purpurella (T. Stephenson & T.A. Stephenson) Verm. (1947) Dactylorhiza majalis ssp. purpurella (T. Stephenson & T.A. Stephenson) D.M. Moore & Soó (1978) Dactylorhiza majalis var. purpurella (T. Stephenson & T.A. Stephenson) R.M. Bateman & Denholm (1983) Dactylorhiza cambrensis (R.H.Roberts) Aver. also several more varietal names proposed

Dactylorhiza purpurella, the northern marsh orchid, is an orchid native to Great Britain, Ireland and Denmark.

Two varieties are recognised: