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Drakaea glyptodon Fitzg.
King-in-his-carriage

Reference
Gard.Chron. 17:494 (1882)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.1-0.35 m high. Fl. red & green & yellow, Aug to Oct. White, grey or yellow sand, gravel. Margins of winter-wet swamps.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 April 1994
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Bunbury, Busselton, Canning, Carnamah, Collie, Coorow, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Denmark, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Harvey, Jerramungup, Kalamunda, Kent, Kojonup, Manjimup, Murray, Nannup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Toodyay, Wandering, Wanneroo, Waroona, West Arthur, York.