Pterostylis williamsonii D.L.Jones 1998 SECTION Bunochilus

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Common Name Williamson's Pterostylis [Australian Collector of the type current] - The Brown Lipped Leafy Greenhood

Flower Size .4 to .52" " [1 to 1.4 cm]

Found in Tasmania Australia in coastal forests under low shrubs abd bracken at elevations of 5 to 250 meters aas a mini-miniature to small sized, cold growing terrestrial with a short rosette stalk with 4 to 6 leaves that blooms in the late fall and winter on an erect, 4 to 12" [10 to 30 cm] long, provided with 5 to 6 stem leaves, 1 to 9 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Bunochilus williamsonii (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002; Oligochaetochilus williamsonii (D.L.Jones) Szlach. 2001

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Bunchikus williamsonii photo fide;

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