Pterostylis platypetala

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

Pterostylis sp. 'broad petals'; Diplodium platypetalum

Broad-petalled Snail Orchid

Pterostylis nana (Snail Orchids)

David Jones & Christopher French in Austral.Orchid Rev. 80(2):37-40 (2015)

North of Port Gregory to Brookton, growing in sand, sandy-clay and clay soils in woodlands and shrublands, often on the edges of seasonally wet flats and streams.

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A distinctive species 45–100 mm high with two to five leaves forming a ground-hugging or ascending basal rosette 8–20 mm across, two to four cauline leaves and one (rarely two) translucent, green and white flowers 3–4 mm across.

It is distinguished from the sometimes co-occurring Hairy-stemmed Snail Orchid (Pterostylis setulosa) by its distinctly broader petals.

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