Pterostylis crassicaulis (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) G.N.Backh. 2010 SECTION Hymenochilus Photo by © Tobias Hayashi and The Wikipedia Website

Part shade Cold LATESpring EARLY Summer

Common Name The Thick Stem Pterostylis - The Inland Rustyhood

Flower Size .36 to .44" [.9 to 1.1 cm]

Found in New South Wales Australia in alpine and subalpine grtasslands and herbfields as a small sized, cold growing terrestrial with 4 to 6, loosely sheathing stem leaves and 5 to 8, elliptic to obovate, shortly petioalte to sessile leaves that blooms in the late spring and early summer on an erect, to 12" [to 30 cm] long, 5 to 18 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms *Hymenochilus crassicaulis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem, 2008

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

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