Varieties and Hybrids
- Variety:
- Dactylorhiza majalis var. pumila (Synonym: Dactylorhiza majalis var. alpestris), an Alpine variety.
- Hybrids:
- The western marsh orchid hybridizes quite commonly with other species of its genus.
- Dactylorhiza × aschersoniana (incarnata × majalis)
- Dactylorhiza × braunii (fuchsii × majalis)
- Dactylorhiza × dufftiana (majalis × traunsteineri)
- Dactylorhiza × godferyana (majalis × praetermissa)
- Dactylorhiza × kuehnensis (majalis × ruthei
- Dactylorhiza × townsendiana (maculata × majalis)
- Dactylorhiza × rupertii (majalis × sambucina)
- More rarely hybrids with other genera (intergeneric hyrids) occur.
- ×Dactyloglossum drucei (Coeloglossum viride ×Dactylorhiza majalis)
- ×Dactylodenia lebrunii (Dactylorhiza majalis × Gymnadenia conopsea)
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