This native groundcover is commonly known as slender onion orchid.
Microtis parviflora is described as a "monocot" in the Orchidaceae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
A slim, slender plant with a single, tubular onion-like leaf that encloses the flowering stem for most of its length. Flowering stem 20-35cm high with 10-30 very small 3mm diameter green flowers. Flowering period August-November. Widespread and common in moist situations. Vernon C/P; Booral Rd (Hervey Bay Airport); Poona N/P (Maaroom & Boonooroo) (Alan Logan).
Listed as a special least concern species in Queensland (https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/plants/protected-plants/harvesting).
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 6 Fraser Coast localities: Booral, Talegalla Weir, Tinnanbar, Tuan Forest, Urangan, Walligan.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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