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Ericksonella saccharata (Rchb.f.) Hopper & A.P.Br.
Sugar Orchid

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 17:210 (2004)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Perennial, geophytic, clump-forming herb, to 0.15 m high, flowers with strong musky cinnamon scent. Fl. white&cream, Aug to Sep. Yellow sand, red or brown or grey sandy clay loam, gravel, laterite, granite, quartzite, ironstone. Flats, mid-slopes, near salt lakes, gullies.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 5 October 2004
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Beverley, Brookton, Bruce Rock, Coolgardie, Cuballing, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kent, Kojonup, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Menzies, Merredin, Moora, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Mundaring, Narrogin, Perenjori, Pingelly, Ravensthorpe, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Wandering, Westonia, Wickepin, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.