Dipodium
variegatum
M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
This native groundcover
is commonly known as
slender hyacinth orchid.
Dipodium variegatum
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 large, leafless saprophytic plant with a reddish flowering stem 40-90cm high with 5-20 2-3cm diameter heavily blotched pink or reddish flowers.
Flowers all year; main period April-August. Widespread but not common. Vernon C/P; Lenthal's Dam; Tandora; Maaroom (Poona N/P); K'gari (Fraser Island) (Alan Logan). Listed as a special least concern species in Queensland (https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/plants/protected-plants/harvesting).
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/123068872
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.
Reported at 10 Fraser Coast localities: Walligan, Susan River, Dunmora, Antigua, Tinnanbar, Talegalla Weir, Teddington, Tinana, Boonooroo Plains, Booral.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
