Eriochilus pulchellus, commonly known as granite bunny orchid, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It has a single egg-shaped leaf and up to ten small white flowers with red markings. A relatively common species, it grows in shallow soil on granite outcrops. Its fleshy leaf is held above the ground on a thin stalk.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Eriochilus pulchellus 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 glareosus
- Eriochilus dilatatus
- Eriochilus collinus
- Eriochilus petricola
- Eriochilus scaber
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Eriochilus
- Species
- Eriochilus pulchellus
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