Pterostylis depauperata F.M.Bailey 1891 SECTION Crangonorchis Photo by © Mark Clements and The Australian Tropical Rainforest Orchids Website

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Common Name The Poor Pterostylis - In Australia The Keeled Greenhood Orchid

Flower Size .6 to .68" [1.5 to 1.7 cm]

Found in Queensland at elevations of 500 to 900 meters in open forests and woodlands among grass and shrubs on sheltered slopes as a mini-miniature to small sized, cool growing terrestrial with a rosette of greyish green, flat leaves that blooms in the late summer through later winter on an erect, 2.4" to 4.4" [6 to 11 cm] long, 3 to 15 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Crangonorchis depauperata (F.M.Bailey) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002; Pterostylis carinata Dockrill 1955

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

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