Prasophyllum parvifolium Lindl. 1840 Photo by © Colin & Misha Rowan and their Retired Aussies Orchid Photo Website

Common Name The Small Leaved Prasophyllum - In Australia The Striated Hunchback Orchid

Flower Size .2 to .32" [.5 to .8 cm]

Found in Western Australia on in she oak thickets at elevations of 30 to 280 meters as a small sized, cold growing terrestrial with a single stem clasping, short leaf that blooms in the winter on an erect, .4 to 3.2" [1 to 8 cm] long, 2 to 18 flowered inflorescence and carrying non-resupinate flowers

Synonyms Mecopodum parvifolium (Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2004;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Australia Nicholls 1969 drawing ok?; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Mecopodum parvifolium photo good

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