Pale goat orchid | |
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Conservation status
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Vulnerable (EPBC Act) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
Tribe: | Diurideae |
Genus: | Diuris |
Species: | D. ochroma
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Binomial name | |
Diuris ochroma D.L.Jones[1]
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Diuris ochroma, commonly known as pale goat orchid,[2] or pale golden moths[3] is a species of orchid that is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It has three or four leaves at its base and up to four slightly drooping pale yellow flowers with dark reddish purple streaks. It is an uncommon species found in two disjunct populations, in higher parts of each of New South Wales and Victoria.
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