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Small mosquito orchid
Acianthus pusillus
About
Acianthus pusillus, commonly known as small mosquito orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a terrestrial herb with a single, heart-shaped leaf and up to 18 small, translucent green or pinkish flowers with reddish marking and a green to reddish-purple labellum. It is widely distributed, growing in moist places from central-eastern Queensland, south through New South Wales and Victoria to South Australia and Tasmania.
- Family
- Orchidaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Acianthus pusillus
- Slug
- acianthus-pusillus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Acianthus
- Species
- pusillus
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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