Pterostylis scitula

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

Pterostylis sp. 'elegant snail orchid'; Diplodium scitulum

Elegant Snail Orchid

Pterostylis nana (Snail Orchids)

David Jones & Christopher French in Austral.Orchid Rev. 80(2):41-44 (2015)

Moora to Gingin, growing in sandy and sandy-clay soils in woodlands and shrublands.

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An uncommon species 75–135 mm high with four to six leaves forming a ground-hugging basal rosette 16–40 mm across, two to three cauline leaves and one (rarely two) translucent, green and white flowers 4–6 mm across.

It is distinguished from the sometimes co-occurring Hairy-stemmed Snail Orchid (Pterostylis setulosa) and Broad-petaled Snail Orchid (P. platypetala) by its smaller flowers and smooth rather than hairy flower stem.

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