Drakaea confluens Hopper & A.P.Br.
WANOSCG Orchid Fact Sheet
Drakaea confluens
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Name and Authority
Common Name
Late Hammer Orchid
Originally Described by
Stephen Hopper & Andrew Brown in Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:264-266, Fig. 11 (2007)
Distribution and Habitat
Collie to Stirling Range, growing in sandy soils in forests and woodlands.
Flowering Months
· · · · · · · · Sep Oct Nov ·
Description
A late flowering species 150–300 mm high with a minutely hairy, heart-shaped, ground-hugging leaf 12–20 mm long by 10–18 mm wide and a single dull greenish-yellow and purplish-red flower 3–5 mm across.
Distinguishing Features
It is distinguished from the related Lonely Hammer Orchid (Drakaea isolata) by its later flowering period, larger flowers and more south-westerly distribution.
WA Conservation Code (Threatened Status)
Threatened (Critically Endangered)
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