Pterostylis echinulata

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

Pterostylis sp. 'hairy leaf'; Diplodium echinulatum

Hairy-leafed Snail Orchid

Pterostylis nana (Snail Orchids)

David Jones & Christopher French in Austral.Orchid Rev. 79(6):41-44 (2014)

York to Mt Day, growing in sandy and sandy-clay soils in woodlands and shrublands.

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A little known species 40–100 mm high with four to seven leaves forming a ground-hugging basal rosette 6–16 mm across, one to two cauline leaves and one (rarely two) translucent, green and white flowers 5–6 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Hairy-stemmed Snail Orchid (Pterostylis setulosa) by its shorter stature, fewer cauline leaves and hairy margined rosette leaves. These features are, however, also found in some plants in populations of P. setulosa and the two taxa may represent forms of the same species.

Priority Three