This native groundcover is commonly known as slender hyacinth orchid.
Dipodium variegatum 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 large, leafless saprophytic plant with a reddish flowering stem 40-90cm high with 5-20 2-3cm diameter heavily blotched pink or reddish flowers.
Flowers all year; main period April-August. Widespread but not common. Vernon C/P; Lenthal's Dam; Tandora; Maaroom (Poona N/P); 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).
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/123068872
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 10 Fraser Coast localities: Antigua, Boonooroo Plains, Booral, Dunmora, Susan River, Talegalla Weir, Teddington, Tinana, Tinnanbar, Walligan.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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