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

Kalbarri shell orchid (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Pterostylis

Characteristics

Rosette leaves 4–11, ovate, 6–15 x 4–8mm, bright green, margins entire or crinkled. Flower stem 50–12  tall, with 4–6 stem leaves to 30 x 6mm. Flower stiffly erect, 20–25 x 10–12mm, white with green and red-brown stripes and suffusions. Dorsal sepal tip tapered, 1–  long. Sinus bulging in side view and sloping inwards sharply at top, broadly and shallowly notched in front view. Free points filiform, 12–1  long, parallel, tips usually curved forwards. Labellum straight, tip visible above sinus in set position, 9–10 x 2–2.3mm, white and green or brown, narrow in upper third.
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Localised, growing in mallee shrubland on consolidated dunes in shallow brown soil over limestone and in soil pockets on limestone outcrops.
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Distribution

Pterostylis microglossa world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77121370-1
WFO ID wfo-0001333809
COL ID 4Q6HG
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Diplodium microglossum Pterostylis microglossa