Corunastylis acuminata (R.S.Rogers) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.2002 Photo courtesy of Graham Corbin and ANOS KABI website

Part shade Warm Spring throughFall

Common Name The Acuminate Corunastylis - The Pointed Midge Orchid

Flower Size .2" [5 mm]

Found in New South Wales Australia on open, heathy and grassy forests at elevations of sea level to 200 meters as a small to medium sized, warm growing terrestrial with that blooms in the spring through fall on an erect, .8 to 2" [2 to 6 cm] long, 6 to 16 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Genoplesium acuminatum (R.S.Rogers) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.1989; Prasophyllum acuminatum R.S.Rogers 1927

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006

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