Pterostylis tryphera

Pterostylis tryphera (D.L.Jones & C.J.French) D.L.Jones & C.J.French

Pterostylis sp. 'dainty brown'; Oligochaetochilus trypherus

Dainty Brown Rufous Greenhood

Pterostylis rufa (Rufus Greenhoods)

David Jones & Christopher French in Australian Orchid Review 81(5): 33-35, Fig. 3 (2016) as Oligochaetochilus trypherus

Wubin to Balladonia, growing in sandy-clay and granitic soils in woodlands and shrublands and in shallow soil pockets on inland granite outcrops and rocky hills.

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A small-flowered species 70–350 mm high with five to nine leaves forming a ground-hugging basal rosette 20–40 mm across and up to 10 translucent, pale brown and white flowers 5–7 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Rock Loving Rufous Greenhood (Pterostylis xerampelina) by its thinner scape, smaller flowers and hanging rather than forwardly curved sepals.

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