Caladenia marginata

Taxobox
name = White Fairy Orchid

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = In flower at Jarrahdale, Western Australia
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Orchidaceae
genus = "Caladenia"
species = "C. marginata"
binomial = "Caladenia marginata"
binomial_authority = Lindl

"Caladenia marginata" (White Fairy Orchid) is a species of orchid which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.FloraBase|name= "Caladenia marginata|id=1605 ] APNI | name ="Caladenia marginata" | id =37920 ] It grows up to 20 cm in height and produces white flowers between September and November (spring) in its native range.

The species was first formally described by botanist John Lindley in 1839 in "A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony."

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