Diuris brevis

Diuris brevis D.L.Jones & C.J.French

Diuris sp. 'Perth swamps'

Short-nosed Donkey Orchid

Diuris corymbosa (Donkey Orchids)

David Jones & Christopher French in Austral.Orchid Rev. 81(2):33-35, Fig. 1 (2016)

Kenwick to Waroona, growing in sandy-clay and clay soils in shrublands, usually in association with seasonally wet flats.

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A poorly known and apparently restricted species 150–300 mm high with two to three smooth leaves 50–150 mm long by 3–8 mm wide and up to five small yellow and brown flowers 20–25 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Common Donkey Orchid (Diuris corymbosa) by its shorter flower scapes, fewer, smaller flowers, broad dorsal sepal and short labellum midlobe.

Priority Two