This native groundcover
is commonly known as
tailed helmet orchid.
Corybas undulatus
is described as a "monocot"
in the
Orchidaceae
family.
Flagged as a potential locally significant species in the Fraser Coast Region.
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 l-2cm diameter leaf at ground level. Flowering stem very short, about 5mm high, with a 1.5 cm high dark reddish-brown globular hooded flower. Flowering period June-July. Fairly common. Vernon Conservation Park; Maaroom (Poona National Park); Roadside verge Boonooroo (Alan Logan). Listed as a special least concern species in Queensland (https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/plants/protected-plants/harvesting). Also reported at Tuan and Poona (https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/88429740).
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 3 Fraser Coast localities: Boonooroo Plains, Tuan Forest, Walligan.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
