Thelymitra flexuosaEndl.

Twisted sun orchid

WFO wfo-0000322985 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Thelymitra flexuosa, photographed by Em Lamond
fig. a Em Lamond, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-10-11 / obs. 99939279
Thelymitra flexuosa, photographed by Em Lamond
fig. b Em Lamond, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 99790411
Thelymitra flexuosa, photographed by Em Lamond
fig. c Em Lamond, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 97501521
Thelymitra flexuosa, photographed by Em Lamond
fig. d Em Lamond, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 97503359
Thelymitra flexuosa, photographed by Em Lamond
fig. e Em Lamond, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 97509179
Thelymitra flexuosa, photographed by Em Lamond
fig. f Em Lamond, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 97509144
Thelymitra flexuosa, photographed by Em Lamond
fig. g Em Lamond, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 97261276
Thelymitra flexuosa, photographed by Em Lamond
fig. h Em Lamond, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 96609273

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Native range 4 botanical countries

Regions where Thelymitra flexuosa is native: South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia South AustraliaTasmaniaVictoriaWestern Australia
Native distribution of Thelymitra flexuosa, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
South Australia SOA AUSTRALASIA
Tasmania TAS
Victoria VIC
Western Australia WAU

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 4 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Macdonaldia concolor Lindl.
  • Macdonaldia flexuosa (Endl.) Szlach.
  • Macdonaldia smithiana Gunn ex Lindl.
  • Thelymitra smithiana (Gunn ex Lindl.) Hook.f.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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