Pterostylis sp. 'large fawn'

Pterostylis sp. 'large fawn'

Fawn Rufous Greenhood

Pterostylis rufa (Rufus Greenhoods)

Undescribed

Karonie, growing in soil pockets on granite outcrops and in deeper soil in surrounding shrublands.

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A rare eastern species 200–350 mm high with eight to 10 leaves forming a ground-hugging basal rosette 35–70 mm across and up to eight large, translucent, fawn and white flowers 12–16 mm across.

It is distinguished from the co-occurring Rock-loving Rufous Greenhood (Pterostylis xerampelina) by its larger fawn coloured flowers and longer less prominently falcate lateral sepals.

Not Listed