Pterostylis actites

Pterostylis actites (D.L.Jones & C.J.French) D.L.Jones & C.J.French

Pterostylis sp. Coastal clubbed sepals; Diplodium actites

Coastal Short Eared Snail Orchid

Pterostylis nana (Snail Orchids)

David Jones & Christopher French in Australian Orchid Review 84(3): 33-35 (2019) as Diplodium actites

Bunbury to Bremer Bay, growing in sandy soil in coastal woodlands and shrublands.

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A short statured species 30–100 mm high with four to seven leaves forming a ground-hugging or ascending basal rosette 15–30 mm across, three to four cauline leaves and one (rarely two) translucent, green and white flowers 4–6 mm across.

It is distinguished from the similar Short-eared Snail Orchid (Pterostylis brevisepala) and Thick-sepaled Snail Orchid (P. ectypha) by its shorter, usually reflexed lateral sepals.

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