Pterostylis roensis

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

Pterostylis sp. 'greasy'; Oligochaetochilus roensis

Rufous Greenhood

Pterostylis rufa (Rufus Greenhoods)

Mark Clements & David Jones in Austral.Orchid Res. 1:126 (1989)

Beacon to east of Balladonia, growing in sandy-clay and clay soils in woodlands and shrublands. The species is common on breakaways and inland granite outcrops.

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An inland species 150–250 mm high with six to 10 leaves forming a ground-hugging basal rosette 30–50 mm across and up to six greasy-textured translucent, green and white to greenish-brown and white flowers 8–12 mm across.

It is distinguished from Painted Rufous Greenhood (Pterostylis picta) by its darker coloured flowers, broader lateral sepals and generally more north-easterly distribution

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