Pterostylis scabra

Pterostylis scabra Lindl.

Pterostylis constricta; Pterostylis reflexa var. constricta; Diplodium scabrum

Green-veined Shell Orchid

Pterostylis aspera (Shell Orchids)

John Lindley in Sketch Veg.Swan R. 53 (1840)

Kalbarri to Israelite Bay, growing in sandy and sandy-clay soils in woodlands and shrublands.

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A common inland species 80–150 mm high with three to six cauline leaves 20–70 mm long by 2–5 mm wide and one (rarely two) translucent, dull green to greenish-brown (more rarely brown) and white flowers 12–15 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Narrow-hooded Shell Orchid (Pterostylis angusta) by its broader hood, shorter labellum and more northerly and easterly distribution.

Not Listed