Caladenia alpina

Mountain caladenia
C. alpina in Mount Buffalo National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Diurideae
Genus: Caladenia
Species:
C. alpina
Binomial name
Caladenia alpina
Synonyms[1]

Caladenia alpina, commonly known as the mountain caladenia,[2] is a species of plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is native to subalpine areas of south-eastern Australia and to New Zealand. It has a single fleshy leaf and a thin wiry flowering spike bearing two white flowers with red bars on the labellum. In New Zealand this orchid is sometimes known as Caladenia lyallii.

  1. ^ a b "Caladenia alpina". APNI. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
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