Little pink fan orchid | |
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Caladenia nana subsp. nana growing near Donnybrook | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
Tribe: | Diurideae |
Genus: | Caladenia |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | C. n. subsp. nana
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Trinomial name | |
Caladenia nana subsp. nana | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Caladenia nana subsp. nana, commonly known as the little pink fan orchid,[2] is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a relatively small orchid with a single hairy leaf and up to three pink flowers with short, spreading, fan-like sepals and petals and which often grows in dense clumps.