This native groundcover is commonly known as horned orchid.
Orthoceras strictum 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 tall slender plant with a tuft of linear, grass-like leaves absent or withered at flowering time. Flowering stem 25-40cm high with 3-10 3cm high dark greenish brown flowers. Flowering period September-October. Rare in area. Poona N/P (Boonooroo); Tandora (Alan Logan). Distribution is from Fraser Coast region southward apart from an outlier to the north at Hughenden. 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.
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Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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