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Cryptostylis ovata R.Br.
Slipper Orchid

Reference
Prodr. 317 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.25-0.7 m high. Fl. green & red, Nov to Dec or Jan to Apr. White-grey sand, loam, granite. Sand dunes, outcrops, swamps.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 January 1994
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Busselton, Capel, Cockburn, Cranbrook, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Harvey, Kwinana, Manjimup, Murray, Nannup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Waroona, West Arthur.