Cyrtostylis reniformis R.Br.

Leaf ovate to cordate, 15–40 × 10–30 mm, bluish green or greyish green above with lighter veins, crystalline beneath. Flower stem 50–150 mm long, thin, 1–4-flowered. Flowers 11–14 mm long, greenish brown to dark reddish brown (rarely yellowish) with a pinkish brown labellum. Dorsal sepal erect, 11.5–13 × 2–2.5 mm, incurved. Lateral sepals projected forwards beneath labellum or spreading, 10–11 × 1 mm. Petals 10–11 × 0.8 mm, spreading or decurved near ovary. Labellum projected forwards, 10–12.5 × 4.5–5 mm, basal and median margins entire, apical margins toothed, apex pointed.

Widespread and locally abundant from the coast to inland areas; forming small to extensive, dense colonies in a range of habitats including heath, coastal scrub, teatree thickets, sheoak groves, open forest and woodlands in freely draining sands and loams. Colonises exotic pine plantations in south-western Vic. and S.A.

The tuber is eaten.

It is grown by dividing the rootstock. It is easy to grow.