Eriochilus glareosus, commonly known as scarp bunny orchid, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to a restricted area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a terrestrial, tuberous herb with a single, egg-shaped, stem-clasping leaf and usually up to two small, white flowers with purple markings, and grows in disturbed places in woodland.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Scarp bunny orchid being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Eriochilus helonomos
- Eriochilus pulchellus
- Eriochilus dilatatus
- Eriochilus collinus
- Eriochilus petricola
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Eriochilus
- Species
- Eriochilus glareosus
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