Marsh Helleborine
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Epipactis palustris
Scarce & localized in Southern Britain.
The flowers are 17 mm across arranged in a one-sided raceme.
In the typical form, the sepals are coloured deep pink or purplish-red, the upper petals shorter and paler.
The labellum at least as long as the sepals, white with red or yellow spots in the middle.
Flowers from July-August.