Microtis globula

Microtis globula R.J.Bates

Globular Mignonette Orchid

Microtis media (Common Mignonette Orchids)

Robert John Bates in J.Adelaide Bot.Gard. 7:60-62 (1984)

Broke Inlet to Albany, growing in peaty soils in seasonally wet flats, flowering only in the season following a summer fire.

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A rare species 180–350 mm high with a smooth tubular leaf 80–150 mm long by 2–4 mm wide and up to 35 yellowish-green flowers 2–3 mm across.

It is distinguished from all other members of the Microtis media complex by its incurved petals and sepals and very broad sepals.

Threatened (Endangered)