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Thelymitra vulgaris Jeanes
Slender Sun Orchid

Reference
Muelleria 19:58-62, Pl. 4: Fig. 40, Fig. 6d-f (2004)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tuberous, perennial, herb, to 0.35 m high. Fl. blue-purple, Sep to Dec. Yellow, white or grey sand, peaty loam, brown loam, brown sandy clay, granite, quartzite, laterite. Winter-wet flats, slopes, creeklines, sandy edges of swamps.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 6 October 2004
1000 km
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Bayswater, Beverley, Boyup Brook, Broomehill-Tambellup, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Chittering, Collie, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Dardanup, Denmark, Dowerin, Esperance, Harvey, Kalamunda, Kojonup, Kondinin, Kwinana, Manjimup, Moora, Murray, Nannup, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Williams, York.