Southern white spider orchid | |
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Subspecies australora near Esperance | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
Tribe: | Diurideae |
Genus: | Caladenia |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | C. l. subsp. australora
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Trinomial name | |
Caladenia longicauda subsp. australora | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Arachnorchis longicauda subsp.australora (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. |
Caladenia longicauda subsp. australora, commonly known as the southern white spider orchid, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single hairy leaf and up to three mostly white, relatively small flowers. It grows in woodland and mallee on the south coast in and near the Fitzgerald River National Park.