Dactylorhiza elata, the robust marsh orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to the western Mediterranean region (France (including Corsica), Sardinia, Spain, Portugal, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia).

[1][2][3][4][5] Dactylorhiza elata is a tuberous herbaceous perennial growing to 50 cm (20 in), and producing dense 20 cm (8 in) spikes of purple flowers in spring.

[6] This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit[7] (confirmed 2017).

[8] Many names have been proposed for subspecies, varieties, subvarieties and forms of the species.

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