RHS Other common names
Aaron's beard, Adam-and-Eve, adder's grass, ballock grass, bloody man's finger, blue butcher, bullock grass, crake feet, cuckooflower, cuckooflower orchid, dead man's finger, dead man's fingers, dead man's thumb, Gethsemane, hand orchid, keat legs, keat's legs, kite pan, kite's legs, long purples, May orchid, purple orchid, purple wreathwort, ram's horns, satyricon, spotted orchid, tegeirian coch
Synonyms
Dactylorhiza mascula
Herbaceous Perennial
A terrestrial orchid with leaves usually spotted with deep purple, and dense, upright spikes of small, intricate, light to dark purple flowers from spring to early summer
Position
Full sun, Partial shade
Soil Types
Clay, Loam
Max Height
0.1-0.5 metres
Max Spread
0.1-0.5 metres