Corunastylis despectans
(Hook.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.Flowering plants 10–25 cm tall, glabrous. Leaf lamina appressed to flowering stem below the lowest flower. Inflorescence 1–4 cm long, moderately crowded. Flowers 1–45, dark purple or green with purple markings, 3–4 mm across, nodding; perianth segments long-acuminate; dorsal sepal ovate to broadly ovate, 3–3.5 mm long, 1.5–2.5 mm wide, margins entire; lateral sepals divergent, linear-lanceolate, 4–4.5 mm long, c. lmm wide; petals ovate, 2–2.8 mm long, 0.8–1 mm wide, margins entire. Labellum narrow-lanceolate, 2.5–3 mm long, c. 1 mm wide, margins entire to finely toothed, apex acuminate to long-acuminate; callus narrow-lanceolate, extending nearly to the labellum apex. Column wings smooth or slightly scabrous. Flowers Dec.–Apr.
LoM, GleP, VVP, GipP, OtP, Gold, CVU, GGr, NIS, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, MonT, VAlp. Widespread and often locally common in a variety of habitats including open forest, woodland, heathland and coastal scrub in well-drained soils.
Jones, D.L. (1994). Genoplesium. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 886–893. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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