Pterostylis brevichila

Pterostylis brevichila D.L.Jones & C.J.French

Pterostylis aff. aspera; Pterostylis sp. 'dwarf shell'; Diplodium brevichilum

Dwarf Shell Orchid

Pterostylis aspera (Shell Orchids)

David Jones & Christopher French in Austral.Orchid Rev. 77(4):39-41, Fig. 1 (2012)

Woodanilling to Israelite Bay, growing in sandy-clay and clay soils in woodlands and shrublands.

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A small species 80–120 mm high with four to five cauline leaves 10–15 mm long by 4–5 mm wide and one (rarely two) translucent, brown to reddish-brown (more rarely green) and white flowers 8–10 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Brown-veined Shell Orchid (Pterostylis aspera) by its smaller flowers and more easterly distribution inland from the coast.

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