Pterostylis oliveri Petrie 1893 publ. 1894 SECTION Pterostylis
Flower detail Photos by © Pieter Pelser and PhytoImages Website
LATER
EARLY 
Common Name Oliver's Pterostylis
Flower Size 1.6 to 2" [4 to 5 cm] tall
Found in New Zealand on the northern part of the southern island in montane to subalpine open scrub and low bush as a mini-miniature to small sized, cold growing terrestrial with oval to broadly elliptic lower leaves becoming narrower and more acute in the upper leaves that blooms in the later spring through early summer on an erect, single flowered inflorescence
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Colour Field Guide to the Native Orchids of New Zealand Scanlen & St George 2010 photo ok;
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