Pterostylis ziegeleri D.L.Jones

Cape portland greenhood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Pterostylis

Characteristics

Rosette leaves 4–7, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 12–20 x 5–10mm, green, margins entire. Flower stem 50–10  tall, 2–  across, 3–8-flowered. Sterile bracts 3–6. Flowers densely crowded, 5–7 x 3.5mm, translucent pale green with few dark green lines. Lateral sepals pouched, 5–5.5 x 5–5.  when flattened. Petals 5.5–6.5 x 3mm, pale green with darker veins, margins entire. Labellum elliptic, 2.3–2.5 x 2mm, whitish-green with dark green appendage c.1.3 x 0.6mm, with a short, blunt or pointed beak c.0.  long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Highly localised, growing on slopes and swales of low stabilised coastal dunes covered with coarse tussock grassland in freely draining sand.
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Distribution

Pterostylis ziegeleri world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1006479-1
WFO ID wfo-0000288631
COL ID 4Q6LT
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Oligochaetochilus ziegeleri Pterostylis ziegeleri Hymenochilus ziegeleri