Prasophyllum plumiforme Fitzg.

Dainty leek orchid (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Prasophyllum

Characteristics

Plants 300–60  tall. Free part of leaf to 100 x 1–2mm. Spike 80–15  long, 15–50-flowered. Ovary sessile, slender, green. Flowers held obliquely erect, well-spaced to moderately crowded, 3–4 x 3–4mm, cream to greenish-yellow or pale yellow, labellum white, callus green to yellowish. Dorsal sepal 4–5 x 2mm, decurved, blunt. Lateral sepals free, linear, 4–5 x 1.3mm, obliquely erect, divergent, blunt. Petals 4–5 x 1.2mm, porrect, blunt. Labellum sessile, elliptical, obliquely erect, c.4 x 3.5mm, recurved near blunt apex, distal margins irregular. Callus a central band extending about three-quarters of distance to labellum apex.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Widespread and often common, growing in shrubby forest and shrubland in freely draining sandy soil and laterite.
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Distribution

Prasophyllum plumiforme world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:148211-3
WFO ID wfo-0000282468
COL ID 4M9M2
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Synonyms

Prasophyllum plumiforme