Pterostylis rogersii

Pterostylis rogersii E.Coleman

Diplodium rogersii

Curled-tongue Shell Orchid

Pterostylis aspera (Shell Orchids)

Edith Coleman in Victorian Naturalist 46:100-101, Pl. V (1929)

Binningup to Israelite Bay, growing in deep sandy soils in coastal woodlands and shrublands.

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A coastal species 70–100 mm high with three to five cauline leaves 20–70 mm long by 2–8 mm wide and one (rarely two) translucent, reddish-brown (more rarely green) and white flowers 12–15 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Red-veined Shell Orchid (Pterostylis hamiltonii) by its flattened, hairy labellum and coastal distribution.

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