Genoplesium vernale

Spring midge orchid
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Diurideae
Genus: Genoplesium
Species:
G. vernale
Binomial name
Genoplesium vernale
Synonyms[1]

Genoplesium vernale, commonly known as the spring midge orchid or East Lynne midge orchid, is a small terrestrial orchid which is endemic to a small area on the south coast of New South Wales. It has a single thin leaf and up to twenty five dark purplish-black flowers with tiny glandular hairs on the sepals and petals.

  1. ^ "Genoplesium ostrinum". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.