Pterostylis parca (D.L.Jones) G.N.Backh. 2010 SECTION Bunochilus

Another Flower Angle Photos by © Tobais Hayashi and The Tobias Hayashi Website

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Common Name The Insignificant Pterostylis - The Lithgow Leafy Greenhood

Flower Size .52 to .6" [1.3 to 1.5]

Found in New South Wales in moist to wet shrubby forests on track margins and on embankments at elevations of 300 to 400 meters as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with a short stalk carrying a rosette of 3 to 4 leaves that blooms in the winter and early fall on an erect, 6 to 18" [15 to 45 cm] long, provided with 5 to 7 stem leaves, 1 to 8 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms *Bunochilus parcus D.L.Jones 2006

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Bunochilus parcus photo fide;

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