Dactylorhiza traunsteineri (Sauter) Soó 1962 Photo courtesy of F. Dusak and the Orchids of France and Europe Page
Plant and FLowers insitu Photos courtesy of © Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz and their Website
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D trausteineri Group
Common Name Traunstein's Dactylorhiza [An Austrian Pharmacist late 1700 to early 1800's] - Irish Marsh Dactylorhiza
Flower Size 3/4" [.75 cm]
Found in Ireland, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, Netherlands, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Yugoslavia, Poland, Belarus, all of Russia and western Siberia in alpine peat bogs at elevations up to 2100 meters as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial found in lime rich soil with 2 to 4 lobed tubers with a short to long stem carrying 4 to 7 linear to oblong-lanceolate, almost erect, spotted or plain leaves that blooms in the late spring and early summer on a terminal, erect, 1.2 to 4" [3 to 10 cm] long, cylindrical, lax, racemose inflorescence that has bracts that are longer than the flowers.
Synonyms Dactylorchis curvifolia (F.Nyl.) Verm. 1947; Dactylorchis gracilis Hesl.-Harr. 1950; Dactylorchis ruthei (M.Schulze) Verm. 1947; Dactylorchis traunsteineri (Saut. ex Rchb. f.) Verm. 1947; Dactylorchis traunsteinerioides (Pugsley) Verm. 1947; Dactylorhiza carpatica (Batousek & Kreutz) P.Delforge 2000; Dactylorhiza curvifolia (F.Nyl.) Czerep. 1981; Dactylorhiza elatior (Afzel. ex Rchb.f.) Soó 1962; Dactylorhiza francis-drucei (Wilmott) Aver. 1984; Dactylorhiza gracilis (Höppner) Soó 1962; Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. angustifolia (Sauter ex Rchb.) Sundermann ?; Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. traunsteinerioides (Pugsley) R.M.Bateman & Denholm 1983; Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. traunsteineri (Sauter ex Rchb.) Sundermann ?; Dactylorhiza majalis var. eboracensis (Godfrey) R.M.Bateman & Denholm 1983; Dactylorhiza majalis var. francis-drucei (Wilmott) R.M.Bateman & Denholm 1983; Dactylorhiza majalis var. traunsteinerioides (Pugsley) R.M.Bateman & Denholm 1983; Dactylorhiza pycnantha (L.Neumann) Aver. in ?.; Dactylorhiza rhenana (Höppner) Soó 1962; Dactylorhiza rigida (Höppner) Soó 1962; Dactylorchis ruthei (M.Schulze) Verm. 1947; Dactylorhiza ruthei (M.Schulze) Soó 1962; Dactylorhiza steegeri (Höppner) Soó 1962; Dactylorhiza suevica (Fuchs) Soó 1962; Dactylorhiza traunsteineri subsp. carpatica Batousek & Kreutz 1999; Dactylorhiza traunsteineri subsp. curvifolia (F.Nyl.) Soó 1962; Dactylorhiza traunsteineri subsp. francis-drucei (Wilmott) Soó in ?; Dactylorhiza traunsteineri subsp. hibernica Landwehr 1975; Dactylorhiza traunsteineri var. curvifolia (F.Nyl.) Aver. 2000; Dactylorhiza traunsteinerioides (Pugsley) Landwehr 1975; Dactylorhiza wirtgenii (Höppner) Soó 1962; Orchis angustifolia f. acuminata Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. ammatica Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. amplivaginata Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. angustivaginata Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. anziensis Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. brevispicata Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. comosa Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. densiflora Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. densissima Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. densiuscula Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. fichtenbergii Klinge 1893; Orchis angustifolia f. friesii Klinge 1893; Orchis angustifolia f. gracilis Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. immaculata Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. laxa Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. laxiuscula Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. lehnertii Klinge 1893; Orchis angustifolia f. levaschevoica Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. longispicata Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. oblonga Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. obtusifolia Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. paanajaervica Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. papjerwica Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. perhoica Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. pulcherrima Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. reichenbachii Klinge 1893; Orchis angustifolia f. remota Klinge 1893; Orchis angustifolia f. robustior Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. rosiensis Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. sauteri Klinge 1893; Orchis angustifolia f. schmidtii Klinge 1893; Orchis angustifolia f. spathulata Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. spathulata Klinge 1893; Orchis angustifolia f. subcurva Klinge 1893; Orchis angustifolia f. suberecta Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia f. tiudiensis Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia subf. conferta Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia subf. densata Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia subf. dissita Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia subf. elegantior Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia subf. filiformis Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia subf. intermedia Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia subf. laxata Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia subf. maculata Klinge 1893; Orchis angustifolia subf. strictior Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia subf. subcurva (Klinge) Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia subf. superans Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia subf. venusta Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia subf. venusta Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia subsp. pycnantha L.Neumann in ?.; Orchis angustifolia var. abeliana Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia var. blyttii Klinge 1893; Orchis angustifolia var. brevifolia Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia var. elongata Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia var. erecta Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia var. estonica Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia var. gracillima Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia var. immaculata Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia var. mielichhoferi Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia var. nylandri Klinge 1893; Orchis angustifolia var. patens Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia var. sauteri (Klinge) Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia var. poenalica Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia var. recurva Klinge 1893; Orchis angustifolia var. reolana Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia var. rigidula Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia var. sanionis Klinge 1893; Orchis angustifolia var. stricta Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia var. superba Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia var. tarbatonica Klinge 1899; Orchis angustifolia var. tenuifolia Klinge 1899; Orchis curvifolia F.Nyl. 1844; Orchis elatior Afzel. ex Rchb.f. 1851; Orchis francis-drucei Wilmott 1936; Orchis gracilis Höppner 1927; Orchis latifolia var. eboracensis Godfrey 1885; Orchis majalis subsp. traunsteinerioides Pugsley 1936; Orchis majalis var. eborensis Godfrey 1933; Orchis × pseudotraunsteineri subsp. suevica Fuchs 1919; Orchis recurva Nyl. ex Fr. 1845; Orchis rhenana Höppner 1916; Orchis rigida Höppner 1925; Orchis ruthei M.Schulze 1897; Orchis steegeri Höppner 1927; *Orchis traunsteineri Sauter ex Rchb. 1830; Orchis traunsteinerioides (Pugsley) Pugsley 1940; Orchis wirtgenii Höppner 1916
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 49 No 11 1980 photo; Orchids of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East Delforge 2005; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 11 2008 photo
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