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

Rosette stalk 20–10
 long; leaves 4–6, 10–45 x 3–10mm. Flower stem 200–60
 tall; stem leaves 5–8, 20–80 x 3–6mm, tip light brown. Flowers 1–10, well-spaced, 17–20 x 5–7mm, pale translucent green with darker stripes, shiny. Dorsal sepal tip orange to orange-brown. Lateral sepals about as wide as galea, 10–13 x 5–7mm, margins curved, tips orange to orange-brown. Petals without basal flanges, 12–15 x 2.5–3mm, outer margin nearly straight. Labellum 6–7 x 3–3.5mm, oblong, tawny-yellow with black central stripe; surface cells mostly bead-like, some hair-like cells towards base.

Localised, growing among shrubs and tussocks on slopes in moist to wet tall forest in freely draining to moisture-retentive loam and light sandy soils over sandstone.