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Autumn Leek Orchid
Prasophyllum parvifolium
Prasophyllum parvifolium, commonly known as the autumn leek orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a common species in its range and has a single smooth, tube-shaped leaf and up to eighteen or more green and white flowers with red stripes.
From the article Prasophyllum parvifolium on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Prasophyllum parvifolium is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a single smooth green, tube-shaped leaf 100–350 mm (4–10 in) long and about 2 mm (0.08 in) in diameter. Between six and eighteen or more flowers are arranged on a flowering spike 150–400 mm (6–20 in) high. The flowers are green and white with red stripes, about 10 mm (0.4 in) long and 6–8 mm (0.2–0.3 in) wide. The dorsal sepal is broad and the lateral sepals and petals face forwards. The lateral sepals are free from each other, and the labellum curves strongly upwards between the lateral sepals. Flowering occurs from June to August.
Range & habitat
Autumn leek orchid is common in heath, woodland and forest between Eneabba and Manjimup in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 739007.