Pterostylis tunstallii D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

Tunstall's greenhood (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Rosette stalk 20–4  long; leaves 3–5, 10–40 x 4–9mm. Flower stem 250–50  tall; stem leaves 5–7, 25–85 x 3–5mm. Flowers 3–10, 7–10 x 5–7mm, pale translucent green with transparent areas and narrow dark green stripes, shiny. Dorsal sepal tip brown. Lateral sepals about as wide as galea, 7–10 x 5–7mm, often recurved back towards the ovary, margins incurved, tips brown. Petals without basal flanges, 8–11 x 2–2.5mm, outer margin shallowly curved. Labellum 4–5 x 2–2.5mm, oblong, uniformly dark brown with blackish basal mound and broad central stripe; surface cells bead-like, a few longer hair-like cells at base; basal mound erect.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Mainly in coastal and hinterland areas, growing among shrubs and ferns in moist to wet shrubby forests but occasionally in ranges and tablelands; also recorded from shallow soils in rocky sites.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Images

Pterostylis tunstallii unspecified picture

Distribution

Pterostylis tunstallii world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:939003-1
WFO ID wfo-0000288616
COL ID 4Q6LB
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Oligochaetochilus tunstallii Pterostylis tunstallii Bunochilus tunstallii