Drakaea isolata Hopper & A.P.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Drakaea

Characteristics

Leaf 8–12 mm across, round or heart-shaped, dull, greyish to blue-grey with darker lines and veins, minutely papillate. Flower stem 100–300 mm tall. Pedicel 10–15 mm long. Tepals 6–12 mm long, pale greenish yellow and red. Labellum basal stalk 6–8 mm long, yellowish green, unspotted. Labellum lamina 8–10 × 3–3.5 mm, uniformly coloured or 2-coloured, dark purple, middle section pale green or dark purple; head structure c. 3 mm long, densely covered with knobby, shiny, black, wart-like calli and protruding, branched hairs; middle section with purple, wart-like calli and branched hairs; tail shallowly upcurved, glabrous. Column 7–8 mm long; foot 7–9 mm long. Anther cap with curved apical point.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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A rare species known from a single population of about 80 plants; growing in patches of bare, brown sand on a low rise covered with mallee shrubland and close to a salt lake.
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Images

Drakaea isolata unspecified picture

Distribution

Drakaea isolata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77084179-1
WFO ID wfo-0000808511
COL ID 37L9G
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Synonyms

Drakaea isolata