Prasophyllum ovale Lindl.

Little leek orchid (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Prasophyllum

Characteristics

Plants 200–40  tall. Free part of leaf to 100 x 1–2mm. Spike 50–12  long, unscented, 10–35-flowered. Ovary sessile, slender, green. Flowers well spaced to moderately crowded, 5–8 x 5–8mm, cream to greenish-yellow or pale yellow with dark lines, labellum white, callus green. Dorsal sepal 8–9 x 2.5–3mm, incurved, apex blunt, often recurved. Lateral sepals free, 8–9 x 2mm, obliquely erect, nearly parallel or divergent, blunt. Petals linear, 9–10 x 2mm, porrect to spreading, blunt. Labellum sessile, elliptic, obliquely erect, 6–7 x 3–3.5mm, sharply recurved near blunt apex, distal margins irregular. Callus a broad, central, slightly ribbed band extending three-quarters of way to labellum apex.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Widespread and common growing in loose groups among shrubs in woodland, on swamp margins and depressions in inland areas and on granite outcrops.
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Distribution

Prasophyllum ovale world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:654938-1
WFO ID wfo-0000282454
COL ID 4M9LR
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Prasophyllum ovale Prasophyllum ovale var. triglochin