This native groundcover
is commonly known as
undescribed caladenia.
Caladenia sp.
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 very small plant similar to Caladenia alata, but much smaller in all characters. Leaf 1, linear, erect, 3-5cm high. Flower stem 6-10cm high, with a single pure white flower 7-8mm diameter. Labellum mid-lobe, yellow or orange. A rare species only known to occur at Tinnanbar, where it grows and flowers sympatrically with Caladenia alata (Alan Logan).
It has not been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is not
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
