Naked sun orchid | |
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Thelymitra circumsepta near Durdidwarrah | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
Tribe: | Diurideae |
Genus: | Thelymitra |
Species: | T. circumsepta
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Binomial name | |
Thelymitra circumsepta | |
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Thelymitra circumsepta, commonly called the naked sun orchid,[2] is a species of orchid that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has a single leathery, dark green leaf and up to twenty blue to purplish or pink flowers with fringed lobes and yellowish hair tufts on top of the column.
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