WANOSCG Orchid Fact Sheet

Diuris laevis

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Diuris laevis

Diuris laevis distribution

Diuris laevis

Name and Authority

Diuris laevis Fitzg.

Synonyms (previous names)

Diuris laertis

Common Name

Nanny Goat Orchid

Complex Name

Diuris laevis (Nanny Goat Orchids)

Originally Described by

Robert Fitzgerald in Gard.Chron. 17:495 (1882)

Distribution and Habitat

Bunbury to Albany, growing in sandy-clay and clay soils in seasonally wet areas, flowering only in the season following summer fire.

Flowering Months

· · · · · · · · · Oct Nov ·

Description

A swamp-loving species 200–350 mm high with four to six smooth leaves 80–120 mm long by 1–3 mm wide and up to six yellow, brown marked flowers 18–30 mm across.

Distinguishing Features

It is distinguished from the related Purdie’s Donkey Orchid (Diuris purdiei) by its generally paler coloured flowers, larger dorsal sepal, larger labellum lateral lobes and more southerly distribution.

WA Conservation Code (Threatened Status)

Not Listed

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