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

Giant snail orchid (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Rosette leaves 4–6, elliptic to ovate, 12–25 x 7–11mm, mid green, margins entire. Flower stem 80–15  tall, strongly scabrous; stem leaves uasully two, loosely sheathing. Flower erect, 17–20 x 5–5.5mm, translucent white with light brown stripes, ageing darker brown, sometimes green and white. Dorsal sepal with short tapered point, about as long as petals. Sinus curved shallowly in side view, shallowly notched in front with dark green or brown central area. Free points filiform to narrowly thickened, 12–1  long, surface warty. Labellum hidden, straight with curved apex, 3.5–5 x 1.8–2mm, oblong, brown and white, margins hairy.
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Highly localised, growing in perched wetland community dominated by swamp sheoak (Casuarina obesa) and Melaleuca strobophylla in deep grey to white sand covered with thick layer of sheoak needles.
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Distribution

Pterostylis brunneola world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77137820-1
WFO ID wfo-0001338783
COL ID 6WLXM
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Pterostylis brunneola