https://www.bushtrackerownersgroup.asn.au/wildflowers/orchidaceae/thelymitra/nuda/rss/orchidaceae/thelymitra/nudaA wildflower is a flower that grows in the wild, meaning it was not intentionally seeded or planted. Use this database to help you find and identify Australia's abundant Wildflowers.en-auCopyright 2001 - 2026 I.T. Beyond Pty Ltd1440https://www.bushtrackerownersgroup.asn.au/bog/images/logo.pnghttps://www.bushtrackerownersgroup.asn.au/wildflowers/orchidaceae/thelymitra/nuda/rss/orchidaceae/thelymitra/nudahttps://www.bushtrackerownersgroup.asn.au/wildflowers/640+plain-sun-orchidhttps://www.bushtrackerownersgroup.asn.au/wildflowers/640+plain-sun-orchid<a href="https://www.bushtrackerownersgroup.asn.au/wildflowers/640+plain-sun-orchid"><img src="https://www.bushtrackerownersgroup.asn.au/images/GalleryTag_W640__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Terrestrial herb. Leaf linear to lanceolate, 10–30 cm long, 6–20 mm wide, ribbed, erect to lax, dark green to glaucous. Inflorescence to 60 cm high, 2–20-flowered. Flowers sweetly fragrant. Perianth segments to 20 mm long and 6 mm wide, blue but also white to pink, or mauve to deep violet. Column to 6 mm long, white to blue. Midlobe hood rounded, cleft (sometimes pincer-like or jaw-like), smooth to minutely wrinkled or bumpy, dark brown or yellowish orange. Lateral arms projected forward, brushy or ciliate, white to mauve. <br /> Family: Orchidaceae &nbsp; Genus: Thelymitra &nbsp; Species: nuda &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Mauve<br />Stephen L (Clare) SAThu, 14 May 2015 11:39:00 GMT