Pterostylis rubescens (D.L.Jones) G.N.Backh. 2010 SECTION Speculantha Photo by © Aaron Clausen and The Wikipedia Website

Part shade Cold Summer

Common Name The Reddish Pterostylis

Flower Size .4 to .48" [1 to 1.2 cm]

Found in New South Wales and Victoria Australia on slopes and ridges in drier open forests and woodlands as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with an erect wiry stem carrying 3 to 6 closely sheathing leaves and a separate rosette of 5 to 15, ovate to cordate, blusih, flat margined, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, 6 to 24" [15 to 60 cm] long, 3 to 18 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms *Speculantha rubescens D.L.Jones 2008

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

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