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Genoplesium nigricans
Genoplesium nigricans is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family. In Australia, it is given the scientific name Corunastylis tepperi, commonly known as mallee midge orchid in Victoria and as pigmy orchid in Western Australia, but is still known as Genoplesium nigricans in New South Wales and South Australia. It is a terrestrial herb with a single leaf mostly surrounding the stem, and up to 50 tiny greenish flowers with a deep maroon-coloured labellum and often have a fruity fragrance.
Mallee midge orchid occurs in arid areas, mostly in mallee shrubland and Callitris woodland. It is found in isolated populations across South Australia including the Eyre Peninsula where it was initially collected, and in north-western Victoria. Further populations are found in Western Australia where mallee plants are abundant, in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Hampton and Mallee biogeographic regions.
Corunastylis densa · Genoplesium laminatum · Genoplesium leptochilum · Genoplesium trifidum · Midge Orchids · Pointed midge orchid · Tableland midge orchid · Black midge orchid · Freak midge orchid · Elfin midge orchid · Erect midge orchid · Brittle midge orchid
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Genoplesium nigricans 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.
