Pterostylis squamata R.Br. 1810 SECTION Oligochaetochilus
Photo by Cathy Powers and herAUSTRALIAN TERRESTRIAL ORCHIDS OTHER FLORA & FAUNA BANJORAH Website
Lip Detail Photos by Colin Rowan and his Orchid Website
Common Name The Scaly Pterostylis - In Australia Small Rustyhood Orchid - The Southern Rustyhood - Ruddyhood
Flower Size 5/8" [1.5cm]
Found in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania Australia in heathy and grassy forests and heathlands at elevations of 5 to 1200 meters as a small sized, cold growing terrestrial orchid occuring in sparser forests, growing in clay-loam soils often in somewhat rocky or bare ridge areas with a basal rosette of 6 to 12 leaves that blooms in the spring through late summer on an erect, 4 to 12" [10 to 30 cm] long, 1 to 10 flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Oligochaetochilus squamatus ( R.Br. ) Szlach. 2001; Pterostylis rufa var. squamata (R.Br.) Fitzg. 1893
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Oligochaetochilus squamatus photo good; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #10 2016 drawing fide;
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