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Caladenia dilatata
Caladenia dilatata, commonly known as the green-comb spider-orchid and as koolin by Aboriginal people of the Coranderrk area, is species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has a single leaf and a single yellowish-green flower with reddish stripes and occurs in Victoria South Australia and Tasmania. It is similar to C. necrophylla which occurs in south-east South Australia and to C. concinna from southern New South Wales.
Green-comb spider-orchid occurs in Victoria, the south-east of South Australia and Tasmania. It grows in coastal or near-coastal heath and in open forest further inland.
The Kulin name of Caladenia dilatata is koolin, and its tubers are eaten either raw or baked.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Caladenia dilatata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
