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Gymnadenia borealis
Also called Northern Gymnadenia
Heath fragrant orchid is a small terrestrial orchid native to northern and central Europe, growing in heaths, bogs and montane grassland. It is a wild species and is not grown as a garden or houseplant, so care needs are about wild habitat rather than cultivation.
Gymnadenia borealis, the heath fragrant orchid, is a Palearctic orchid.
Gymnadenia borealis is found in North and Central Europe (Great Britain, Ireland and Germany). The species can be found up to 2,800 meters in altitude.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gymnadenia borealis 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.
