Scientific Name: Thelymitra silena Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: madonna sun-orchid

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Orchidaceae

Form Description: A tall robust blue sun orchid with a solitary thick, fleshy green to yellowish leaf, 150-200mm long.

Height (m): 0.3 – 0.55

Flowers: 3-15 crowded sky-blue flowers with darker veins. A deeply cleft orange to yellowish capped column. The column arms converge with white hair tufts.

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Habitat Notes

Uncommon in a few areas of coastal and near-coastal heathland in eastern Tasmania and the Furneaux Islands.

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