Pterostylis pratensis D.L.Jones

Rosette leaves 4–8, obovate, 25–35 x 14–22mm, sometimes nearly round, dark green, margins entire. Flower stem 70–15
 tall, 2–
 across, 2–12-flowered. Sterile bracts 2–6. Flowers densely crowded, 7–8.5 x 4.5mm, translucent white with prominent green stripes. Lateral sepals pouched, 5–5.5 x 6–
 when flattened. Petals 6–7 x 2.6mm, pale green with darker veins, margins entire. Labellum oblong, 2.4–2.8 x 2.4mm, whitish-green with dark green appendage c.1.3 x 1mm, with prominent broad blunt beak c.0.
 long.

Of restricted distribution but locally common, growing in subalpine tussock grassland in moisture-retentive red-brown loam and clay loam derived from basalt.