Pterostylis virens

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

Pterostylis sp. 'green flowers'; Oligochaetochilus virens

Green Spoon-lipped Rufous Greenhood

Pterostylis rufa (Rufus Greenhoods)

David Jones & Christopher French in Australian Orchid Review 81(5): 36-38, Fig. 4 (2016) as Oligochaetochilus virens

Peak Charles to Diemals Station, growing in shallow soil pockets on granite outcrops.

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A rare inland species 50–200 mm high with six to 12 leaves forming a ground-hugging basal rosette 30–70 mm across and up to five translucent, green and white flowers 11–13 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Spoon-lipped Rufous Greenhood (Pterostylis spathulata) by its green flowers, shorter sepal points and sparsely hairy labellum.

Priority Three