Pterostylis wapstrarum D.L.Jones

Fleshy greenhood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Pterostylis

Characteristics

Rosette leaves 4–7, ovate to elliptic, 15–30 x 8–27mm, dark green, thick and fleshy, margins entire. Flower stem thick, fleshy, 80–22  tall, 4–  across, 5–15-flowered. Sterile bracts 4–6. Flowers densely crowded, green with darker green veins, 9–10.5 x 5mm. Lateral sepals deeply pouched, 7–8 x 9–1  when flattened. Petals 7–8 x 4.5mm, light green with darker veins, margins irregularly and shortly toothed. Labellum oblong to elliptic, 2.7–3 x 2.3mm, whitish-green with dark green recurved appendage c.1.6 x 1mm, with thickened margins and short narrow blunt central ridge.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Environment

Highly localised, growing in grassy forest and grassland in freely draining loam.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Distribution

Pterostylis wapstrarum world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1006477-1
WFO ID wfo-0000288625
COL ID 4Q6LN
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Oligochaetochilus wapstrarum Pterostylis wapstrarum Hymenochilus wapstrarum