Eriochilus glareosus

Eriochilus glareosus G.Brockman & C.J.French

Eriochilus dilatatus subsp. 'Darling Range' Eriochilus sp. 'Roleystone'

Darling Range Bunny Orchid

Eriochilus dilatatus (White Bunny Orchids)

Garry Brockman & Christopher French in Nuytsia 33:217-219, Fig. 1 (2022)

Roleystone to west of York, growing in gravelly soils in forests. The species does not appear to require summer fire to flower.

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A late autumn-early winter flowering species 60–120 mm high with an often red backed leaf 6–20 mm long by 5–10 mm wide and up to two (rarely three) white, dull green and red flowers 7–10 mm across.

It has in the past been placed with Common Bunny Orchid (Eriochilus dilatatus subsp. multiflorus but has a smaller, often hairy, red backed leaf and a later flowering period.

Priority One