Common name: Plain Sun Orchid
Thelymitra nuda R.Br. APNI* 
Description: Terrestrial herb.
Leaf linear to lanceolate, 10–30 cm long, 6–20 mm wide, ribbed, erect to lax, dark green to glaucous.
Inflorescence to 60 cm high, 2–20-flowered. Flowers sweetly fragrant. Perianth segments to 20 mm long and 6 mm wide, blue but also white to pink, or mauve to deep violet. Column to 6 mm long, white to blue. Midlobe hood rounded, cleft (sometimes pincer-like or jaw-like), smooth to minutely wrinkled or bumpy, dark brown or yellowish orange. Lateral arms projected forward, brushy or ciliate, white to mauve.
Flowering: August–November
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread in heath, sclerophyll forest and woodland in well-drained soils, often forming extensive colonies.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. Tas. W.A. S.A.
This species isextremely variable and may hybridize with T. ixioides and T. rubra.
Text by P. Bernhardt
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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