Family: Orchidaceae
Prasophyllum morrisii
Citation:
Nicholls, Victorian Nat. 48:108 (1931).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Bearded midge-orchid.
Description:
Slender plant, leafless, 3-20-flowered.
Flowers deflexed, green to very dark-purple, spreading; sepals and labellum pubescent; column anterior appendage acuminate and ciliate; posterior lobe smooth, obtuse or acuminate, pale-coloured.
Published illustration:
Cady & Rotherham (1970) Australian native orchids in colour, pl. 33.
Distribution:
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No specimen has been collected in S.Aust. It occurs in small groups under heath and low forest in damp clay soils in the Glenelg River National Park.
N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Dec. — May.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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