Common name: Common Onion Orchid
Microtis unifolia (G.Forst.) Rchb.f. APNI* Synonyms: Microtis porrifolia (Sw.) R.Br. ex Spreng. APNI*
Description: Slender to robust terrestrial herb, usually 20–60 cm high.
Leaf 8–60 cm long.
Inflorescence to 60 cm high, 6–100-flowered; pedicels 1–1.5 mm long; bract lanceolate to ± ovate, 2–4 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide. Flowers often lightly scented, green or yellow-green, ± erect. Dorsal sepal ovate to circular, 2–4 mm long, 1–2 mm wide, markedly concave below, apex broad and obtuse to acute, often apiculate. Lateral sepals linear to oblong to lanceolate or ovate, recurved or rolled, 1.5–2.5 mm long by 0.8–1.2 mm wide. Petals ± falcate to lanceolate or ovate, 1.4–1.8 long, 0.4–0.8 mm wide. Labellum oblong, 1.2–2.5 mm long, 0.4–2 mm wide, basal calli saddle-shaped, rounded or square, smooth; margins undulate, crenulate to rugulose. Column erect or decurved, with ovate lateral appendages.
Flowering: spring–summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in wide variety of habitats from coastal swamps to rock outcrops in semi-arid areas; west to Deniliquin district.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP, LHI
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. Tas. W.A. S.A.
Text by R. R. Rowe
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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