The Burnt Orchid is a European terrestrial orchid, most common in the mountains. It flowers between April and August depending on the altitude.

Neotinea ustulata is now the accepted name. It was previously described as Orchis ustulata (L.

Carolus Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...

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The Burnt Orchid was voted the County flower

County flowers of the United Kingdom

The following are the flowers selected for the historic counties of the United Kingdom in Plantlife's 2002 "County Flowers" campaign...

 of Wiltshire

Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...

 in 2002 following a poll by the wild flora conservation charity Plantlife

Plantlife

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Burnt Orchid's largest population in northwest Europe is on Parsonage Down

Parsonage Down

Parsonage Down is a 188.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1971.The site is a National Nature Reserve....

, in Wiltshire

Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

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