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Caladenia longicauda Lindl.
Common White Spider Orchid

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

Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.15-0.6 m high. Fl. white-cream-yellow-green, Jul to Nov. Sand, clayey loam, gravel, laterite. Forests, rock outcrops, winter-wet areas, swamps, lake margins, coastal areas.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 August 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast, Zuytdorp.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Belmont, Beverley, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Brookton, Broomehill-Tambellup, Busselton, Cambridge, Canning, Capel, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Chittering, Cockburn, Coorow, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Dandaragan, Dardanup, Denmark, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Irwin, Jerramungup, Joondalup, Kalamunda, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kojonup, Kulin, Kwinana, Lake Grace, Mandurah, Manjimup, Mingenew, Moora, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Narrogin, Northam, Northampton, Perth, Plantagenet, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Stirling, Swan, Three Springs, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Wandering, Wanneroo, Waroona, West Arthur, Wickepin, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, Wyalkatchem, York.