Pterostylis littoralis (D.L.Jones) R.J.Bates

Coastal leafy greenhood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Pterostylis

Characteristics

Rosette stalk 30–7  long; leaves 3–5, 10–30 x 3–7mm. Flower stem 100–25  tall; stem leaves 3–5, 10–70 x 4–10mm. Flowers 1–5, 11–14 x 4–5mm, very pale whitish-green with light green stripes. Dorsal sepal tip light brown. Lateral sepals about as wide as galea, 9–12 x 4–5mm, margins shallowly curved, tips brownish. Petals with large basal flanges that block off basal opening in galea, 9–11.5 x 2–2.5mm. Labellum 4.5–5.5 x 1.8–2.5mm, margins incurved, pale green to whitish with slightly darker green central stripe; surface cells bead-like, sometimes few hair-like cells at base.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Environment

Highly localised, growing in dense coastal scrub in deep white freely draining sand on consolidated coastal dunes.
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Distribution

Pterostylis littoralis world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77092738-1
WFO ID wfo-0000836413
COL ID 4Q6GZ
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Synonyms

Pterostylis littoralis Bunochilus littoralis