Microtis alba

Microtis alba R.Br.

Goadbyella gracilis

White Mignonette Orchid

Microtis media (Common Mignonette Orchids)

Robert Brown in Prodr. 321 (1810)

Mt Lesueur to Israelite Bay, growing in sandy, sandy-clay and lateritic soils in forests, woodlands and seasonally wet flats. The species rarely flowers in unburnt bushland but is common in the season following a summer fire.

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An attractive species 150–600 mm high with a smooth tubular leaf 120–500 mm long by 3–8 mm wide and up to 60 sweetly-scented, green and white flowers 3–4 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Scented Mignonette Orchid (Microtis alboviridis) by its larger white, rather than greenish-white to greenish-yellow flowers and usually more prominently bi-lobed labellum.

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