Pterostylis cobarensis M.A.Clem. 1989 SECTION Oligochaetochilus Photo by © The Wikipedia Website

Common Name The Cobar Pterostylis [A town west of Sydney] - The Inland Rustyhood

Flower Size .8 to 1" [2 to 2.5 cm]

Found in central New South Wales Australia in sparsely treed rocky hills, stony slopes and in malee communities forests at elevations of 200 to 450 meters as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with a rosette of 6 to 15 leaves that blooms in the winter and spring on an erect, 8 to 16" [20 to 40 cm] long, 2 to 10 flowered inflorescence with the flowers projected forward to semi-erect.

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

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

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