Microtis media subsp. media

Microtis media R.Br. subsp. media

Common Mignonette Orchid

Microtis media (Common Mignonette Orchids)

Robert Brown in Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 321 (1810) as Microtis media

Shark Bay to Eyre, growing in sandy, sandy-clay and lateritic soils in forests, woodlands and shrublands. The subspecies is particularly common in seasonally wet flats and shallow soil pockets on granite outcrops.

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A common, widespread subspecies 200–600 mm high with a smooth tubular leaf 250–650 mm long by 3–8 mm wide and up to 100 yellowish-green flowers 2.5–3 mm across.

It is distinguished from the subsp. densiflora by its taller, less pyramidal shaped inflorescence, thicker textured labellum margins and distinctly raised apical labellum callus.

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