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Cyanicula aperta Hopper & A.P.Br.
Western Tiny Blue Orchid

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 17:229,Fig.13 (2004)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tuberous, perennial, herb, to 0.15 m high, flowers sometimes with strong pungent cinnamon odour. Fl. blue/white, Aug to Sep. White, grey or brown sandy clay, red loam, quartzite, granite, limestone,. Winter-wet flats, clay flats, hillsides, breakaways, rises above salt lakes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 5 October 2004
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Mardabilla, Recherche, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Cranbrook, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kulin, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe.