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Caladenia barbarossa Rchb.f.
Common Dragon Orchid

Reference
Beitr.Syst.Pflanzenk. 64 (1871)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.1-0.3 m high. Fl. cream/green, Sep to Nov. Sandy or clayey loams in moist situations. Granite outcrops, margins of winter-wet swamps, along watercourses.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 10 December 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Beverley, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Brookton, Collie, Cranbrook, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kent, Kojonup, Kondinin, Lake Grace, Manjimup, Narrogin, Northam, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Toodyay, Wandering, West Arthur, Williams, York.