This native groundcover
is commonly known as
helmet orchid.
Corybas barbarae
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 with a single round or obovate 2-3cm diameter leaf at ground level. Flowering stem very short, about 1cm high, with a 2cm high glistening white hooded flower. Flowering period May-June. Fairly common. Takura; Tandora; Big Woody Island; 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).
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 2 Fraser Coast localities: Talegalla Weir, Tandora.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
