Microtis eremicola

Microtis eremicola (R.J.Bates) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

Microtis media subsp. eremicola

Desert Mignonette Orchid

Microtis media (Common Mignonette Orchids)

Robert John Bates in Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 17: 123, fig. 1J-M, map 1 (1996) as Microtis media subsp. eremicola

Quairading to Balladonia, growing in soil pockets on granite outcrops.

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A common inland species 100–500 mm high with a smooth tubular leaf 150–400 mm long by 5–8 mm wide and up to 50 greenish-yellow flowers 3–3.5 mm across.

It is distinguished from the often co-occurring Granite Mignonette Orchid (M. graniticola), by its less concave dorsal sepal and comma-shaped labellum lamina calli.

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