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

Smooth leafy greenhood (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Rosette stalk 15–4  long; leaves 3–5, 5–30 x 4–9mm. Flower stem 150–55  tall; stem leaves 4–7, 20–65 x 3–6mm. Flowers 1–5, 14–16 x 7–10mm, translucent green with prominent dark green stripes, shiny. Dorsal sepal tip orange-brown. Lateral sepals ovate, wider than galea, 13–18 x 7–10mm, widest towards base, margins curved, tips orange-brown. Petals without basal flanges, 13–16 x 3.5–4.5mm. Labellum 6.5–8 x 2.5–3mm, oblong, light brown to dark brown with darker brown to blackish stripe; surface cells bead-like, few hair-like cells at base.
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Growth form herb
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Fairly widely distributed but localised, growing among shrubs on slopes and ridges, both in moist and drier forests, in freely draining gravelly or stony soil.
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Images

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Distribution

Pterostylis tenuis world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77105220-1
WFO ID wfo-0000918649
COL ID 4Q6KZ
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Bunochilus tenuis Pterostylis tenuis