Summary ⁷

Microtis unifolia is a species of orchid occurring from south China to Japan, Malesia, and Australasia to the Southwest Pacific. It has a single green leaf and up to one hundred small green or yellowish-green flowers. A common, widespread orchid which is easily grown in pots and is sometimes a weed in plant nurseries.

Habitat ⁸

Coastal to montane. Grasslands, scrub, forest margins, uncultivated pastures, lawns, urban areas.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Reiner Richter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Reiner Richter
2. (c) Jon Sullivan, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/16921893@N00/7784217778
3. (c) Jon Sullivan, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/mollivan_jon/24172556934/
4. (c) John B, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/43142938@N08/23270296274/
5. (c) Leon Perrie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Leon Perrie
6. (c) Bill Campbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Bill Campbell
7. Adapted by tangatawhenua from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microtis_unifolia
8. (c) tangatawhenua, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNaturalist NZ taxon page
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
• NZ native orchid key
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online
• 日本のレッドデータ検索システム
• 植物和名−学名インデックス YList

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