This native groundcover
is commonly known as
horned orchid.
Orthoceras strictum
is described as a "monocot"
in the
Orchidaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
A tall slender plant with a tuft of linear, grass-like leaves absent or withered at flowering time. Flowering stem 25-40cm high with 3-10 3cm high dark greenish brown flowers. Flowering period September-October. Rare in area. Poona N/P (Boonooroo); Tandora (Alan Logan). Distribution is from Fraser Coast region southward apart from an outlier to the north at Hughenden. Listed as a special least concern species in Queensland (https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/plants/protected-plants/harvesting).
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
