Spiculaea ciliata

Spiculaea ciliata Lindl.

Drakaea ciliata

Elbow Orchid

John Lindley in Sketch Veg.Swan R. 56 (1840)

Three Springs to Bridgetown and eastwards to Grasspatch with a disjunct population east of Kalbarri, growing predominantly in shallow mossy soil pockets on granite outcrops. It is also occasionally found in seasonally moist clay soils near springs and swamps and in one area is found in shallow sand over sandstone

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A common species 100–180 mm high with a small, fleshy, smooth, oval shaped, dull green leaf, 12–20 mm long by 8–12 mm wide, which is shrivelled at the time of flowering and up to 10 straw-coloured flowers 8–10 mm across.

Not Listed