| Caladenia rosea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Diurideae |
| Genus: | Caladenia |
| Species: | C. rosea
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| Binomial name | |
| Caladenia rosea | |
Caladenia rosea is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to relatively inaccessible, high lateritic plateaux in a high rainfall area in south-western Western Australia.[1][2][3] It is a terrestrial orchid with a single hairy leaf and up to three pink flowers on a thin, sparsely-hairy stem. It is similar to Caladenia flava but is distinguished by the perianth being pink to dark pink with prominent red striping and spotting on the dorsal sepal and lateral petals. Caladenia rosea mimics Hypocalymma robustum (Myrtaceae) in terms of flowering time, colour and scent.[4]
- ^ "Two new species of orchid discovered during bush walk". Australian Geographic. Australia: Australian Geographic. 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ^ Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science. "FloraBase—the Western Australian Flora". florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. Tasmania, Australia: Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service, Government of Tasmania. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ^ DIXON, KINGSLEY; Christenhusz, Maarten (2018-01-12). "Endangered fairies: two new species of Caladenia (Orchidaceae; Orchidoideae; Diurideae), from the bauxite plateaux of southwestern Western Australia". Phytotaxa. 334: 87. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.334.1.15. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ^ Dixon, Kingsley W.; Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. (2018). "Endangered fairies: two new species of Caladenia (Orchidaceae; Orchidoideae; Diurideae), from the bauxite plateaux of southwestern Western Australia". Phytotaxa. 334 (1): 87–90. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.334.1.15.