Pterostylis fuliginosa

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

Oligochaetochilus fuliginosus

Sooty Rufous Greenhood

Pterostylis rufa (Rufus Greenhoods)

David Jones & Christopher French in Australian Orchid Review 81(5): 30-32, Fig. 2 (2016) as Oligochaetochilus fuliginosus

Peak Charles, growing in soil pockets on granite outcrops.

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A little known species 50–200 mm high with six to 10 leaves forming a ground-hugging basal rosette 20–70 mm across and up to four translucent, sooty grey and white flowers 11–13 mm across.

It is distinguished from Spoon-lipped Rufous Greenhood (Pterostylis spathulata) by its less hairy, sooty-grey flowers and thicker, broader labellum.

Priority Two