Diuris striata Rupp APNI* Synonyms: Diuris spathulata Fitzg. APNI*
Description: Terrestrial herb.
Leaves 2, linear, 8–12 cm long, c. 4 mm wide, conduplicate.
Raceme c. 22 cm high, c. 4-flowered. Flowers mauve to lilac with dark purple striations on the labellum, c. 2 cm across. Dorsal sepal ovate, 7–9 mm long, 3–6 mm wide, erect. Lateral sepals linear, c. 15 mm long, deflexed. Petals divergent; lamina ovate to ± lanceolate, c. 7 mm long, 5 mm across; claw expanded into the lamina. Labellum c. 9 mm long; lateral lobes linear to obovate, c. 2.5 mm long, c. 1 mm wide; midlobe ovate to cordate, 6 mm wide, striate, ridged along midline; callus of 2 divergent ridges c. 5 mm long.
Flowering: recorded November
Distribution and occurrence: Known only from the original collection at Forbes, before 1889.
NSW subdivisions: CWS
Text by D. L. Jones
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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