Pterostylis aquilonia D.L.Jones & B.Gray

Northern cobra greenhood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Pterostylis

Characteristics

Rosette leaves light green, 5–15 x 5–12mm, margins flat or crinkled. Flower stem 150–20  tall. Flower erect, 20–25 x 10–12mm, green, white and red-brown, hood in graceful curve. Dorsal sepal shortly pointed. Free points 22–2  long, tips curved forwards. Petals widely flared. Labellum apex just protruding above sinus when set, 11–13 x 2mm, brown, straight, constricted and narrowed to apex (tip not expanded).
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Growth form herb
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Localised, growing in small colonies among grass and bracken in sheltered areas of humid open forest in freely draining gravelly loam.
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Distribution

Pterostylis aquilonia world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:70029379-1
WFO ID wfo-0000503274
COL ID 78LZG
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Pterostylis aquilonia Diplodium aquilonium