Caladenia rigida

Stiff spider orchid
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. rigida
Binomial name
Caladenia rigida
Synonyms[1]

Caladenia rigida, commonly known as the stiff spider orchid,[2] or white spider-orchid[3] is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to South Australia. It is a ground orchid with a single hairy leaf and one or two white flowers with dark glandular tips on the sepals and fine reddish-brown lines along the sepals and petals.

  1. ^ a b "Caladenia rigida". Australian Plants Census. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
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