Pterostylis segregata

Pterostylis segregata G.Brockman & C.J.French

Shy Frog Greenhood

Pterostylis sargentii (Frog Greenhoods)

Garry Brockman & Christopher French in Nuytsia 34:61-63, Fig. 1A, B (2023)

Known from two disjunct populations in Bremer Bay and Whicher Range, growing in sand over laterite in forests and shrublands.

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A restricted species 50–140 mm high with three to five cauline leaves 16–23 mm long by 3–4 mm wide and up to three translucent olive-green and white or brown and white flowers 3–5 mm across.

It is distinguished from the closely related Little Frog Greenhood (Pterostylis occulta) by the papillate, upper lobes of the labellum, smaller flowers and toothed petal inferior margins.

Priority One