Dactylorhiza fuchsii, Orchis fuchsii, SE: Skogsnycklar,
DE: Fuchs’ Knabenkraut, NL: Gevlekte orchis, UK: Common spotted Orchid
Order: Orchidales

Scientific name:		Dactylorhiza fuchsii (Druce) Soó
Synonym name:		Orchis fuchsii Druce
Swedish name:		Skogsnycklar
German name:		Fuchs’ Knabenkraut
Nederlandse naam:		Gevlekte orchis
English name:		Common spotted Orchid
Order:		Orchidales
Family:		Orchidaceae, Orkidéer, Orchid family

Life form:		Geophyte
Stems:		To 60cm tall, narrower leaves sheath the stem
Leaves:		Rosette, alternate, green with abundant purplish oval spots
Flowers:		Inflorescence is 5–15 centimetres long (dense terminal racemes) from white and pale pink through to purple, but have distinctive darker pink spots and stripes on their three-lobed lips.
Flowering Period:		June, July, August
Habitat:		Damp grassland and open woods.

Derivation of the botanical name: Dactylorhiza from Greek words δάκτυλος daktylos, "finger" and ρίζα rhiza, "root", referring to the palmately two- to five-lobed tubers of this genus. fuchsii, in honour of Leonhart Fuchs (1501 – 1566), a German physician and botanist. The standard author abbreviation Druce is used to indicate George Claridge Druce (1850 – 1932), an English botanist and a Mayor of Oxford. The standard author abbreviation Soó is used to indicate Soó Rezső (1903 – 1980), a Hungarian botanist. Dactylorhiza fuchsii is pollinated by insects, especially bumblebees.