Pterostylis diminuta (D.L.Jones) G.N.Backh.

Small-flowered leafy greenhood (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Rosette stalk 15–3  long; leaves 3–6, 15–25 x 3–5mm. Flower stem 80–40  tall; stem leaves 4–7, 15–80 x 2.5–4mm, margins strongly recurved. Flowers 1–20, relatively crowded, 10–14 x 4–6mm, hood dark green with translucent patches, lateral sepals translucent green with darker main veins. Dorsal sepal tip orange-brown. Lateral sepals about as wide as galea, 8–11 x 4–6mm, margins curved, tips orange-brown to reddish. Petals without basal flanges, 9–11 x 2.5–3mm. Labellum 4–5 x 2mm, oblong, yellowish-brown with darker basal mound and black central stripe; surface cells mostly bead-like, some hair-like cells at base.
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Growth form herb
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Locally common, growing in open forest with sparse shrubby understorey in freely draining gravelly or stony soil.
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Images

Pterostylis diminuta unspecified picture

Distribution

Pterostylis diminuta world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77080227-1
WFO ID wfo-0000809917
COL ID 4Q6FJ
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Bunochilus diminutus Pterostylis diminuta