Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Dactylorhiza incarnata (L.) Soó
Family : ORCHIDACEAE
Genus : Dactylorhiza
Synonyms : Orchis incarnata L.
General distribution : Eurosiberian
Flowering time : April. May. June. July.
Life-forms : Geophyte.
Habitat : Zones humides de muntanya, preferentment calcàries: molleres, prats humits, marges de rierols, jonqueres, etc.
Uses and properties : Medicinal.
Characteristics : Moist mountainous areas, preferably calcareous: marshes, moist grasslands, stream banks, rushlands, etc. An herb with 4-8 lanceolate leaves ± erect and maculate. The inflorescence is dense and mulitfloral, with inferior and medial bracts longer than the flowers. The outermost tepals are semi-erect. The label is ovate-rhomboid, entire and faintly trilobate.
