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Caladenia discoidea Lindl.
Dancing Orchid

Reference
Sketch Veg.Swan R. 52 (1840)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.09-0.45 m high, horizontally arranged flowers. Fl. yellow-green, Aug to Oct. White, grey, brown or black sand, granitic loam. Sandy Banksia woodland, mallee woodland on margins of salt lakes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 September 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Belmont, Boyup Brook, Brookton, Broomehill-Tambellup, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Chittering, Cockburn, Collie, Coorow, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Cunderdin, Dandaragan, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Harvey, Jerramungup, Kent, Kojonup, Kulin, Kwinana, Lake Grace, Mandurah, Melville, Mundaring, Murray, Narrogin, Northampton, Perth, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wandering, Waroona, West Arthur, York.