Английская Википедия:Caladenia hillmanii

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Caladenia hillmanii, commonly known as purple-heart fingers,[1] is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a ground orchid with a single leaf and one or two bright pink flowers with a reddish-purple labellum with darker bars.

Description

Caladenia hillmanii is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a single, sparsely hairy, dark green linear leaf, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. One or two bright pink flowers about Шаблон:Convert across are borne on a spike Шаблон:Convert tall. The backs of the sepals and petals are greenish and densely covered with brownish glands. The dorsal sepal is erect, linear to lance-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The lateral sepals and petals are Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide, lance-shaped and slightly sickle-shaped. The labellum is egg-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide with the sides turned up and the tip rolled under. It is dark reddish-pink to reddish-purple, with darker, narrow red stripes and two rows of yellow calli along its mid-line. The tip of the labellum is bright yellow with two dark yellow blunt teeth. Flowering occurs in September and October.[2][1][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Caladenia hillmanii was first formally described in 1994 by David Jones and the description was published in Muelleria from a specimen collected at Shoal Bay.[4] The specific epithet (hillmanii) honours George Hillman of Nelson Bay, who recognised this species as distinct.[1]

Distribution and habitat

Purple-heart fingers grows in coastal forest in sandy soil from Nelson Bay to Ulladulla.[2][1][3]

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