Pterostylis zebrina

Pterostylis zebrina (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones

Pterostylis sp. 'striped'; Pterostylis aff. Spathulata; Oligochaetochilus zebrinus

Striped Rufous Greenhood

Pterostylis rufa (Rufus Greenhoods)

David Jones in Australian Orchid Review 80(1): 51-52, Fig. 3 (2015) as Oligochaetochilus zebrinus

Kalgarin to Mount Ridley, growing in shallow soil pockets on granite outcrops and more rarely in deeper soil in surrounding woodland.

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A distinctive species 70–200 mm high with five to eight leaves forming a ground-hugging basal rosette 30–70 mm across and up to six translucent, green and white or brown and white flowers 11–13 mm across.

It is distinguished from the closely related Spoon-lipped Rufous Greenhood (Pterostylis spathulata) by its fewer, smaller flowers, less hairy sepals, smaller labellum and confinement to granite outcrops.

Priority Two