Prasophyllum anticum D.L.Jones & D.T.Rouse

Pretty hill leek orchid (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Prasophyllum

Characteristics

Plants 220–650 mm tall. Free part of leaf to 200 × 3–6 mm. Spike 60–120 mm long, 10–25-flowered. Ovary sessile, green. Flowers moderately crowded, lightly scented, 10–13 × 9–11 mm, greenish brown to brownish, labellum white, callus bright green to yellowish green. Dorsal sepal 7–8.5 × 3–3.5 mm, decurved to recurved. Lateral sepals free, 9–10.5 × 2.3–2.8 mm, widely divergent, apex darker, horn-like. Petals 7–8.5 × c. 2 mm, porrect to spreading. Labellum sessile, ovate to broadly ovate-lanceolate, recurved sharply above middle, 6.5–7 × 4.5–5 mm, distal margins weakly wavy/crinkled, minutely papillate. Callus broad, bright green, fleshy, extending nearly to labellum bend, channelled at base with 2 flanking ridges, apex shallowly notched and papillate.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Known only from a single locality where it grows in moist to wet grassland dominated by Kangaroo Grass in black basaltic loam.
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Images

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Distribution

Prasophyllum anticum world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77079920-1
WFO ID wfo-0000809823
COL ID 4M9J8
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Prasophyllum anticum