Pterostylis elegans D.L.Jones

Elegant greenhood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Pterostylis

Characteristics

Rosette leaves dark green, 10–20 x 8–13mm, margins entire. Flower stem thin, 150–28  tall. Flower erect, 14–18 x 6–8mm, dark green, red-brown and white, hood curved. Dorsal sepal tip finely tapered, 5–  long. Sinus bulging in side view, broad and shallowly U-shaped in front view. Free points filiform, 14–1  long. Labellum sharply curved, protruding prominently from sinus when set, 8–11 x 2–2.5mm, blackish, blunt.
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Growth form herb
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Highly localised, growing on sheltered slopes among grass and shrubs in tall forest in humus-rich, freely draining brown loam.
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Images

Pterostylis elegans unspecified picture

Distribution

Pterostylis elegans world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:70029380-1
WFO ID wfo-0000503301
COL ID 4Q6FN
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Diplodium elegans Pterostylis elegans