Common name: Small Helmet Orchid
Corybas unguiculatus (R.Br.) Rchb.f. APNI* Synonyms: Anzybas unguiculatus (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. APNI*
Anzybas globulus D.L.Jones & L.M.Copel. APNI*
Description: Terrestrial herb.
Leaf 14–30 mm long, 11–26 mm wide, upper surface grey-green, lower surface purplish.
Flower erect, purple, 13–16 mm long. Dorsal sepal cucullate, 12–15 mm long, 8–10 mm wide; basal stalk c. 5 mm long; lamina ovate, concave. Lateral sepals linear, c. 9 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide. Petals linear, c. 6 mm long, c. 0.4 mm wide. Labellum tubular, longer than the dorsal sepal; orifice c. 6 mm across, with small teeth on the margins and a few on the inner surface. Callus central, with a central mass of acicular, moniliform, backward-sloping, red or clear calli c. 1 mm long.
Flowering: May–July.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread, usually in heath but less commonly in sclerophyll forest; on coast and tablelands, south from the Gibraltar Range. Also in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and New Zealand.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, CT, NT
Other Australian states: Vic. Tas. S.A.
Text by D. L. Jones, updated by Matt A.M. Renner 4 February 2021.
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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