Early Purple Orchid
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 Early Purple Orchid (Orchis mascula)
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| Orchis mascula L. 1755 |
The Early Purple Orchid (Orchis mascula) is a species in the orchid genus Orchis. It grows across Mediterranean Europe and northeast Africa.
Its subspecies include:
- Orchis mascula subsp. acutiflora (W.D.J.Koch) Quentin (1993)
- Orchis mascula subsp. hispanica (A.Niesch. & C.Niesch.) Soó (1972) (Southern Pyrenees, Spain, Portugal, Morocco)
- Orchis mascula subsp. longibracteatoides Balayer (1986) (Eastern Pyrenees)
- Orchis mascula subsp. longicalcarata Akhalkatski, H. Baumann, R. Lorenz, Mosulishvili &R. Peter (2005) (Eastern and central Caucasus)
- Orchis mascula subsp. maghrebiana B. Baumann & H. Baumann (2005)(Morocco)
- Orchis mascula subsp. mascula (N. & C. Europe to Iran, Canary Islands)
- Orchis mascula subsp. pinetorum (Boiss. & Kotschy) E.G.Camus (1908) (Macedonia to Iran)
- Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa (Mutel) Hegi (1909) (Europe)
- Orchis mascula subsp. wanjkovii (E.Wulff) Soó in G.Keller & al. (1932) (Crimea)
A flour made of the ground tubes is called salep or sachlav.
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