Dactylorhiza lapponica

Dactylorhiza lapponica, the Lapland marsh-orchid, is an orchid found in Scandinavia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy and the Czech Republic.

Three subspecies are recognized:


 * Dactylorhiza lapponica subsp. angustata (Arv.-Touv.) Kreutz - France
 * Dactylorhiza lapponica subsp. lapponica - Finland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic
 * Dactylorhiza lapponica subsp. rhaetica H.Baumann & R.Lorenz - northern Italy

It was originally published and described by Lars Levi Laestadius and Carl Johan Hartman as Orchis angustifolia var. lapponica in Handb. Skand. Fl., edition 4 on page 281 in 1843, but it was then re-published as Dactylorhiza lapponica in Nom. Nov. Gen. Dactylorhiza Vol.5 in 1962.

The plant has been studied for In vitro seed germination.