Pterostylis brevichila D.L.Jones & C.J.French

Rosette leaves 5–10, round, 6–10 × 4–7 mm, bright green, margins entire or crinkled. Flower stem 80–120 mm tall, with 4–5 stem leaves to 25 × 5 mm. Flower stiffly erect, 23–26 × 12–13 mm, white with cinnamon-brown or red-brown stripes. Dorsal sepal tip filiform, 1–2 mm long. Sinus flat or curved in side view, broadly and shallowly notched in front view. Free points filiform, 13–16 mm long, parallel, tips usually curved forwards. Labellum straight, hidden in flower, 7–9 × 2.5–3 mm, white and brown, tapered in upper half.

Widespread, but localised; found growing mainly in low Melaleuca shrubland in winter-moist areas of sandy clay; less frequently in open mallee in freely draining clay loam and sandy loam.