Diuris gregaria D.L.Jones

Clumping golden moths (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Diuris

Characteristics

Leaves 3–7, 50–100 × 1–2 mm, straight. Flower stem 60–200 mm, 1–3-flowered. Flowers often not opening widely, semi-nodding, 15–20 mm across, golden to orange yellow, with central dark streaks. Dorsal sepal obliquely erect, 7–12 × 6–8 mm. Lateral sepals obliquely deflexed below labellum, 10–16 × 1.5–2.5 mm. Petals horizontal or drooping; stalk 3–4 mm long, green; blade ovate, 6–10 × 3.5–6 mm. Labellum 10–15 mm long; lateral lobes 2–3 × 1.5–2 mm, papillate, toothed; midlobe broadly ovate, 7–10 × 7–11 mm. Callus ridges 2, 6–8 mm long, densely papillate, orange.
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Growth form herb
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Highly localised; growing in grassland dominated by kangaroo grass and forbs and also among rocks on basalt outcrops in heavy, red-brown to blackish loam.
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Images

Diuris gregaria unspecified picture

Distribution

Diuris gregaria world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77079870-1
WFO ID wfo-0000808487
COL ID 36ZNC
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Diuris gregaria