Genoplesium eriochilum

Mount Wilson 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. eriochilum
Binomial name
Genoplesium eriochilum
Synonyms[1]
  • Prasophyllum eriochilum Fitzg.
  • Corunastylis eriochila (Fitzg.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

Genoplesium eriochilum, commonly known as the Mount Wilson midge orchid, is a species of small terrestrial orchid endemic to the Blue Mountains. It has a single thin leaf fused to the flowering stem and up to twenty small, crowded, dark purplish brown flowers. It usually grows between low shrubs and sedges.

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