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Genoplesium plumosum (Rupp) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
Family Orchidaceae
Genoplesium plumosum (Rupp) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. APNI*

Synonyms: Corunastylis plumosa (Rupp) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. APNI*
Prasophyllum plumosum Rupp APNI*

Description: Terrestrial herb 10–20 cm high.

Inflorescence sparse, 1–3 cm long, 1–8-flowered.

Flowers c. 5 mm across, green with purple stripes and a reddish purple labellum. Dorsal sepal narrow-ovate, 6–7 mm long, c. 3 mm wide, apex acuminate, margins entire. Lateral sepals linear to lanceolate, 7.5–9 mm long, c. 1 mm across, not gibbous at the base, divergent. Petals narrow-ovate 5.5–6.5 mm long, c. 1.5 mm wide, apex long-acuminate, margins entire. Labellum oblong, 5–5.5 mm long, c. 2 mm wide, apex recurved, margins with cilia c. 0.6 mm long; callus narrow-ovate to lanceolate, extending nearly to the labellum apex.


Flowering: December–March

Distribution and occurrence: Grows among low shrubs in sclerophyll forest and in moss gardens over sandstone sheets; chiefly from Port Jackson to Marulan.
NSW subdivisions: CC, SC, CT, ST

Threatened species: NSW BCA: Critically Endangered; Commonwealth EPBC: Endangered
AVH map***

Text by D. L. Jones
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)


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***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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