Pterostylis saxicola D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 1997 SECTION Oligochaetochilus Photo by © Greg Steenbeeke

Part shade ColdWinter MIDSpring

Common Name The Lithophytic Pterostylis - The Sydney Plains Rustyhood

Flower Size 1.2 to 1.4" [3 to 3.5 cm]

Found in New South Wales Australia among shrubs in forests , in sandstone crevasses and on sandstone sheets at eelvations of 50 to 100 meters as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with a rosette of 5 to 10 leaves that blooms in the winter and spring on an erect, 1 to 10 flowered inflorescence carrying forward projecting flowers.

Synonyms Oligochaetochilus saxicola (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002

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

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