This native groundcover
is commonly known as
yellow orchid.
Diuris unica
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.
This orchid grows in wallum and sandy heath in coastal and near-coastal districts in south-eastern Queensland and disjunctly in northern New South Wales.
Diuris unica was first formally described in 2006 by David Jones from a specimen he collected near Maryborough in 1986. Jones, David L. (2006). "New taxa of Australian Orchidaceae". Australian Orchid Research. 5: 82. (ref. Wikipedia) 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 the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 3 Fraser Coast localities: Urangan, Boonooroo Plains, Walligan.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
