This native groundcover is commonly known as helmet orchid.
Corybas barbarae 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 very small plant with a single round or obovate 2-3cm diameter leaf at ground level. Flowering stem very short, about 1cm high, with a 2cm high glistening white hooded flower. Flowering period May-June. Fairly common. Takura; Tandora; Big Woody Island; K'gari (Fraser Island) (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 2 Fraser Coast localities: Talegalla Weir, Tandora.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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