A perennial herbaceous plant, a species of the genus Orchis of the Orchid family (Orchidaceae). Tuberous plant with a height of 20-50 cm .

The underground organ consists of two tubers: an old flabby one and a young, juicy one. The tuber is broadly ovate or almost spherical. The stem is in the lower part with purple spots, less often without them.

The leaves are broadly lanceolate, narrowed to the base, expanding to the middle, blunt or slightly pointed, arched, with dark purple or purple spots, concentrated in the lower part of the stem, cover a single arrow.

The flowers are purple or pale purple, collected in a dense, multi-flowered, cylindrical spike. Blooms in June - July.