Co. Limerick and Bull Island, Co. Dublin

Early Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. coccinea Magairlín mór Family: Orchidaceae Early Marsh-orchid: Flowering May - July. Tuberous perennial. Native. Subsp. coccinea has deep reddish-pink flowers and the leaves are recurved and unspotted. It can be locally abundant in damp dune-slacks, machair grassland and calcareous fens. Similar: Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. incarnata and D. incarnata subsp. pulchella

Early Marsh-orchid, Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. coccinea