Rhizanthella gardneri, commonly known as the western underground orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family, endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It spends its entire life cycle, including flowering, at or below the soil surface, producing between May and July a head of up to 100 small reddish to cream-colored, inward-facing flowers surrounded by large cream-colored bracts on a horizontal rhizome. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Source Rhizanthella gardneri (Wikidata)
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1. Rhizanthella gardneri (Wikipedia)
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Rhizanthella gardneri, commonly known as western underground orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia.
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It is a herb that spends its entire life cycle, including flowering, at or below the soil surface.
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View the Source2. Rhizanthella gardneri (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q142968 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): critically endangered.
- Child Taxon Of: Orchidaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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