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Caladenia pectinata R.S.Rogers
King Spider Orchid

Reference
Trans.& Proc.Roy.Soc.South Australia 47:341 (1920)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.35-0.7 m high. Fl. green & yellow, Sep to Oct. Sand, clay loam, laterite. Winter-wet flats, moist run-off areas around granite outcrops.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 August 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Bayswater, Beverley, Boyup Brook, Broomehill-Tambellup, Collie, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Denmark, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kojonup, Lake Grace, Manjimup, Nannup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Toodyay, West Arthur, York.