Pterostylis pedunculata
R.Br. MaroonhoodFlowering plant to 25 cm tall. Rosette leaves 2–6, ovate to oblong, 1.5–6.5 cm long, 6–20 mm wide, petiolate, margins entire, flat or crinkled. Flowers 1.5–2 cm long, erect, white and green, heavily suffused reddish brown or blackish towards apex of galea; galea apex horizontal; dorsal sepal acute to subacute; lateral sepals erect, loosely embracing the galea leaving a lateral gap, sinus deeply V-shaped when viewed from the front, shallowly mounded when viewed from the side, free points filiform, 16–30 mm long, divergent; petals narrow, acute. Labellum ovate, 4–7 mm long, 2.5–3 mm wide, dark reddish brown, straight, apex obtuse, tip just visible through the front of the sinus in the set position. Flowers Jul.–Nov.
Wim, GleP, Brid, VVP, VRiv, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, NIS, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, VAlp. Also SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Tas. Common in moist sheltered sites, particularly in gullies in wet sclerophyll forest. Widespread and often locally common in a wide range of habitats from coastal scrub to montane forests, often in cool shady conditions. Occasionally found in fern gullies growing on decaying logs and the fibrous trunks of tree ferns.
Known to hybridise with Pterostylis curta and P. nutans.
Jones, D.L. (1994). Pterostylis. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 798–830. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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