Fragrant doubletail | |
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Conservation status
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![]() Endangered (EPBC Act) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
Tribe: | Diurideae |
Genus: | Diuris |
Species: | D. fragrantissima
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Binomial name | |
Diuris fragrantissima D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.[1]
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Diuris fragrantissima, commonly called the fragrant doubletail[2] or Sunshine diuris,[3] is a species of orchid which is endemic to a small area to the west of Melbourne. It has two linear leaves at its base and up to twelve white flowers with mauve or pale purple markings with unusually long lateral sepals. Only about thirty plants survive in grassland near Sunshine.
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