Paracaleana nigrita (Lindl.) Blaxell
Flying Duck Orchid
Contr.New South Wales Natl.Herb. 4:283 (1972)
Conservation Code:
Not threatened
Naturalised Status: Native to Western Australia
Name Status:
Current
Brief Description
Grazyna Paczkowska,
Thursday 6 July 1995
Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.05-0.19 m high. Fl. red & green, Aug to Oct. Grey-white sand, shallow soils over laterite. Winter-wet swamps, granite outcrops.
Distribution
Beard’s Provinces: South-West Province.
IBRA Regions: Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions: Avon Wheatbelt P2, Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions: WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs): Albany, Boddington, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Busselton, Capel, Collie, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Denmark, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Harvey, Jerramungup, Kwinana, Manjimup, Mingenew, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wandering, Wanneroo, Waroona, York.
