Genoplesium confertum

Crowded 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. confertum
Binomial name
Genoplesium confertum
Synonyms[1]

Corunastylis conferta (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

Genoplesium confertum, commonly known as the crowded midge orchid, is a small terrestrial orchid endemic to the south-east of Queensland. It has a single thin leaf fused to the flowering stem and up to sixty small, densely crowded, reddish and green flowers and grows in coastal heath.

  1. ^ a b "Genoplesium confertum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 13 July 2021.