Orchidaceae FAMILY

Dactylorhiza incarnata

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dactylorhiza incarnata is a herbaceous perennial growing from a tuberous rootstock; the erect stems sre 25 - 35cm tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 1866 Title Medicinal Orchids of Asia Publication Author Eng Soon Teoh Website https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24274-3 Publisher Springer International Publishing Switzerland Year 2016 ISBN 978-3-319-24272-9 Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is grown as an ornamental.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeTemperate Eurasia - throughout Europe and western Asia to eastern Siberia and Mongolia

HabitatWet meadows and marshes in rich soils[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. , 42 Title Hardy Bulbs.; Including Half-hardy Bulbs and Tuberous and Fiberous-rooted Plants Publication Author Grey. C. H. Publisher Williams & Norgate. Year 1938 ISBN - Description Rather dated now, but an immense work on bulbs for temperate zones and how to grow them. Three large volumes. ].