Pterostylis aestiva D.L.Jones

Long-tongued summer greenhood (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Rosette leaves dark green, 10–30 x 10–15mm, margins entire. Flower stem 100–35  tall. Flower leaning forwards, 20–30 x 7–9mm, bluish-green, white and brown, base bulbous, hood in long graceful curve. Dorsal sepal tip filiform, 8–1  long. Free points filiform, 25–3  long, erect. Labellum protruding prominently above sinus when set, 15–19 x 4mm, brown, blunt, sharply curved in upper half.
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Localised and generally disjunct but sometimes common in montane areas, usually growing in moist forests, often on grassy slopes, flats or near streams in humus-rich loams; less commonly in drier forests on rain-shadow sites in freely draining clay loam and shallow stony soil.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Images

Pterostylis aestiva unspecified picture

Distribution

Pterostylis aestiva world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:655271-1
WFO ID wfo-0000288414
COL ID 6WLZG
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Pterostylis aestiva Diplodium aestivum