Caladenia fuscata

Dusky Fingers at Coree, ACT

Caladenia fuscata at Coree, ACT - suppressed
Caladenia fuscata at Coree, ACT - suppressed
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Identification history

Caladenia fuscata 23 Sep 2020 MattM
Caladenia fuscata 23 Sep 2020 MattM
Unidentified 23 Sep 2020 JudithRoach

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User's notes

Found two on a dry track, then went and walked up a usually dry creek bed, and there were many. I've included the ones with the double stems, though they were maybe 100 metres away.

4 comments

MattM wrote:
   23 Sep 2020
You have actually included two species. Image 1 and 2 are of C. fuscata. The multi-flowered plant in image 3 is C. carnea. The number of flowers is a key feature in determining species. C. fuscata will always have one flower and C. carnea will often have multiple flowers.
I will confirm based on the first two images.
JudithRoach wrote:
   23 Sep 2020
Thanks, is there anything I need to do, from my end?
MattM wrote:
   23 Sep 2020
If you would like you can report the carnea as a different sighting. It might be wise to remove image 3 from this sighting in case someone fails to read the comments and assumes the 3rd image is fuscata. But it's not anything to worry about.
JudithRoach wrote:
   23 Sep 2020
Will do. :-)

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Additional information

  • True In flower
  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height

Species information

  • Caladenia fuscata Scientific name
  • Dusky Fingers Common name
  • Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • 1103 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower
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  • Synonyms

    Petalochilus fuscatus

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