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The paper brings a new record about Dark Red Helleborine Epipactis atrorubens (Hoffm.) Besser in the Karkonosze (the Sudetes, NW Poland). The new site is situated 3 km to the west of the center of Szklarska Porêba, at the foot of Czerwone Skałki Mt., 775 m a.s.l. Two flowering and three vegetative ramets were observed here in July 2009. It grows on a small rocky escarpment between the local road and the railway. A long distance from the known localities and the site properties suggest that the newly discovered population may be of an anthropogenic origin. Distribution map of all known localities of E. atrorubens in Lower Silesia is also presented. The population is endangered because of isolation and a small number of specimens. The main threatening factors are anthropogenic impacts and succession. Any repair work, as well as sprinkling the road with salt in the winter, may destroy the population.