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Early Purple Orchid

Orchis mascula

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 2,302, February 1,701, March 2,664, April 4,192, May 6,044, June 6,590, July 7,052, August 6,065, September 4,453, October 3,323, November 1,816, December 1,419.
United States47,621
Alaska47,621
France4,528
United Kingdom4,502
England3,805
Spain3,096
Germany1,797
Italy1,561
Switzerland1,531
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes1,227

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
OrderAgaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies · Asparagales
FamilyOrchids · Orchidaceae
GenusOrchis

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