Pterostylis exserta

Pterostylis exserta (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones

Pterostylis sp. 'Arrowsmith'; Pterostylis sp. 'exserted labellum'; Oligochaetochilus sp.' exserted labellum'; Oligochaetochilus exsertus

Exserted Rufous Greenhood

Pterostylis rufa (Rufus Greenhoods)

David Jones in Australian Orchid Review 80(1): 44-47, Fig. 1 (2015) as Oligochaetochilus exsertus

Mingenew to Hyden, growing in sandy and sandy-clay soils in woodlands and shrublands.

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A common rufus greenhood 100–350 mm high with six to 15 leaves forming a ground-hugging basal rosette 20–170 mm across and up to seven translucent, green and white flowers 8 to 11 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Elegant Rufous Greenhood (Pterostylis elegantissima) by its paler coloured labellum and north-westerly distribution. From Spoon-lipped Rufous Greenhood (P. spathulata) it is distinguished by its erect flowers and flattened, rather than cupped sepals.

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