Pterostylis spathulata M.A.Clem. 1989 SECTION Oligochaetochilus

Another Angle Photos by © Colin & Mischa Rowan and their The Retired Aussies Website

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Common Name The Spoon Shaped Pterostylis - The Moora Rustyhood

Flower Size .8 to .88" [2 to 2.2 cm]

Found in southwest Western Australia in woodland with sparse understorey at elevations of 150 to 300 meters as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with a rosette of 6 to 10 leavs that blooms in the winter and later spring on an erect, 6 to 14" [15 to 35 cm] long, 2 to 12 flowered inflorescence carrying well spaced nodding flowers.

Synonyms Oligochaetochilus spathulatus (M.A.Clem.) Szlach. 2001

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

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