Recorded distribution
Plant
Leaf sessile and enclosing the stem, with wavy margins and reddish veins.
Flowers
With long petals and sepals and a very long dorsal sepal. Occasionally has a second flower.
Flowering
September - December.
Habitat
Damp, shaded forest, often high rainfall. Throughout.
Conservation
Widespread and often common throughout; not threatened.
Notes
Flowers quite distinct with the long dorsal sepal. Single, sterile leaves easily mistaken for Acianthus sinclairii with which it can occur, but presence of more mature leaves can help distinguish. Was for a time mistakenly called C. rivularis.
Key features
Thin, wavy sharp-pointed leaf and flower with long point to dorsal sepal parallelled by the thin sepals.
