Citation: Cunn. ex Lindley, Gen. & Sp. Orchid. Pl. 422 (1840).

Synonymy: C. cordiformis R. Rogers, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 44:330 (1920). , Arachnorchis clavigera, Phlebochilus clavigera

Common name: Plain-lipped spider-orchid, clubbed (or small) spider-orchid.

Description:
Stem slender or rather stout, 12-30 cm high, hairy; leaf linear-oblong or lanceolate, hairy.

Flower mostly solitary, with 1 or 2 narrow bracts on the stem below it; sepals 2-3 cm long, 3-nerved with reddish-brown stripes, narrowed above into long filiform points (with minutely clavate tips in S. Aust.); petals similar but shorter and not clavate; labellum obscurely 3-lobed, 10-12 mm long and nearly as broad, the middle lobe reddish-brown, obtuse, serrulate or entire, the lateral lobes greenish or yellowish, entire; calli flat-topped, in 4 rows; column widely winged above.

Published illustration: Woolcock (1984) Australian terrestrial orchids, pl. 15A.

Distribution:  Occurring singly or in small groups in open forest. S.Aust.: SE.   N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Sept. — Dec.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: Previous records for KI and SL are referrable to C. ovata, aberrant C. reticulata, or C. cardiochila x C. dilatata.

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