Corunastylis littoralis (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 Photo by The Wildwood Flora Flickr Photo Website

Part sun Cold Fall

Common Name The Coastal Corunastylis - In Australia The Tuncurry Midge Orchid

Flower Size .2" [5 mm]

Found in New South Wales on stabilized dunes near to the sea at elevations of 2 to 15 meters as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with a single, ending below the flowers leaf that blooms in the fall on a .4 to 1.2" [1 to 3 cm] long, 5 to 30 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Genoplesium littorale D.L.Jones 2001

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

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