Cyanicula ixioides subsp. ixioides

Cyanicula ixioides (Lindl.) Hopper & A.P.Br. subsp. ixioides

Caladenia gemmata var. ixioides; Caladenia gemmata forma lutea; Pentisea ixioides

Yellow China Orchid

Cyanicula gemmata (China Orchids)

John Lindley in A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony: lii. (1840) as Caladenia ixioides

Gingin to Bindoon and east near York, growing in lateritic soils in forests and woodlands, flowering best in the season following summer fire.

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A distinctive subspecies 50–150 mm high with a shortly hairy leaf, 30–40 mm long by 10–20 mm wide, which is tinged reddish-purple on the underside and up to two (rarely three) pale yellow flowers 30–45 mm across.

It is distinguished from the other members of the Cyanicula gemmata complex by its yellow flowers.

Priority Four