About Earthynature of Britain
  1. Home
  2. Species
  3. Lady Orchid
Species · Flowering plants

Lady Orchid

Orchis purpurea

138Records since 2000
MayPeak month
6Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr13
May94
Jun18
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England72
2Oxfordshire England24
3Medway England2
4Denbighshire Wales2
5Essex England1
6Cumbria England1
111 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
138
Peak month
May
Counties with records
6
Scientific name
Orchis purpurea
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
102
Most recorded in
Kent
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Orchis
Name with authority
Orchis purpurea Huds.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8794742