Corunastylis morrisii
(Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.Flowering plants 15–25 cm tall. Leaf lamina appressed to the peduncle below the lowest flower. Inflorescence 1–5 cm long, sparse. Flowers 1–15, dark purplish-black or green and purple, c. 9 mm across; perianth segments spreading widely; dorsal sepal ovate, 5–6 mm long, c. 2.5 mm across, striped, margins ciliate; lateral sepals divergent, linear-lanceolate, c. 7 mm long, c. 1.5 mm wide, variously pouched at the base; petals ovate-lanceolate, c. 4 mm long, c. 1.4 mm wide, striped, margins ciliate, apex long-acuminate. Labellum narrowly ovate-lanceolate, 4–5 mm long, c. 1.5 mm wide, the margins with numerous, coarse, spreading cilia c. 1 mm long, apex acuminate; callus narrowly oblong to fusiform, extending about half way to the labellum apex. Column wings densely scabrous. Flowers Jan.–Apr.
Wim, GleP, VVP, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, MonT, VAlp. Widespread and sometimes locally common in open forest, woodland and heathland in well-drained sand or sandy loam.
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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