| Blue star sun orchid | |
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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: | Thelymitra |
| Species: | T. hygrophila
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| Binomial name | |
| Thelymitra hygrophila | |
Thelymitra hygrophila, commonly known as the blue star sun orchid,[2] is a species of orchid in the family Orchidaceae and is endemic to a small area of South Australia. It has a single erect, fleshy, channelled leaf and up to five pale blue to cornflower blue flowers which open on warm, humid days. Much of its formal habitat has been cleared and the species is now critically endangered.
- ^ "Thelymitra hygrophila". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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