Pterostylis ciliata

Pterostylis ciliata M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones

Oligochaetochilus ciliatus

Hairy Rufous Greenhood

Pterostylis rufa (Rufus Greenhoods)

Mark Clements & David Jones in Austral.Orchid Res. 1:120 (1989)

Wongan Hills to Balladonia, growing in sandy-clay and granitic soils in woodlands and shrublands, and in shallow soil pockets on granite outcrops.

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A widespread species 100–250 mm high with six to 10 leaves forming a ground-hugging basal rosette 40–50 mm across and up to eight hairy, translucent, green and white or brown and white flowers 6–8 mm across.

It is distinguished from the other members of the Pterostylis rufa complex by its prominently hairy sepals.

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