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Dactylorhiza aristata
Also called Fischer's Orchid, Key Flower, Spiked Dactylorhiza
Dactylorhiza aristata is a terrestrial tuberous orchid of cool, subalpine and subarctic meadows and wet ground, native from northeastern Asia to Alaska. It is a hardy wild orchid that is seldom grown in gardens, and it needs cool, moist conditions with a dormant winter.
Dactylorhiza aristata, the keyflower, is a species of orchid. It is native to Japan, Korea, northeastern China (Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi), the Russian Far East, and Alaska (including the Aleutians).
Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. baltica · Dactylorhiza cantabrica · Stately Dactylorhiza · Richly-Leaved Dactylorhiza · Dactylorhiza francis-drucei · Common spotted orchid · Dactylorhiza hatagirea · Dactylorhiza iberica · Flecked Marsh Orchid · Early marsh-orchid · Dactylorhiza insularis · Heath spotted orchid
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dactylorhiza aristata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
