Pterostylis atrosanguinea

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

Pterostylis sp. 'crowded'; Urochilus atrosanguineus

Crowded Banded Greenhood

Pterostylis vittata (Banded Greenhoods)

David Jones & Christopher French in Australian Orchid Review 82(3): 49-51, Fig. 1 (2017) as Urochilus atrosanguineus

Toodyay to Bunbury and eastwards to Kellerberrin, growing in sandy and sandy-clay soils in forests, woodlands and shrublands.

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A robust species 200–400 mm high with 10 to 20 cauline leaves 40–60 mm long by 4–14 mm wide and up to 20 semi translucent, dark reddish-brown and white flowers 14–20 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Dark Banded Greenhood (Pterostylis sanguinea) by its more robust appearance and larger, more numerous, darker coloured flowers.

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