This native groundcover
is commonly known as
white fingers.
Caladenia catenata
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 small plant with a single linear leaf 5-10cm high. Flower stem 12-18cm high with 1-4 pure white, greenish white or pinkish flowers 1.5-2cm in diameter. Main flowering period May-July. Not common. Maaroom (Poona N/P); K'gari (Fraser Island); Tinnanbar. (Alan Logan). An iconic flowering ground orchid within the region. 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/103288310
May be confused with Caladenia picta.
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 5 Fraser Coast localities: Tinnanbar, Teddington, Walligan, Walliebum, Boonooroo Plains.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
