Pterostylis gibbosa R.Br. 1810 SECTION Oligochaetochilus
Photos by © Gordon Deans
Common Name The Bellied Pterostylis - The Illawara Rustyhood
Flower Size .8 to .92" [2 to 2.3 cm]
Found in east New South Wales Australia in ironwood and Callitris forests at elevations of 100 to 350 meters as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with a rosette of 4 to 11 leaves that blooms in the winter through spring on an erect, 6 to 18" [15 to 45 cm] long, 1 to 9 flowered inflorescence with the flowers projected forward to semi-erect.
Synonyms Oligochaetochilus gibbosus (R.Br.) Szlach. 2001; Pterostylis ceriflora Blackmore & Clemesha 1968
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Oligochaetochilus gibbosus Photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 82 #11 2013 photo fide;
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