Pterostylis nutans
R.Br. Nodding GreenhoodFlowering plant to 30 cm tall. Rosette leaves 3–6, ovate, elliptic or oblong, 3–9 cm long, 1–3 cm wide, petiolate, margins wavy or crisped. Flower 1.8–2.5 cm long, strongly nodding, translucent with green and brown in the galea; dorsal sepal acute; lateral sepals erect, loosely embracing the galea leaving a wide lateral gap, sinus broadly V-shaped when viewed from the front, abruptly curved when viewed from the side, free points linear-tapered, 10–18 mm long, projected forwards or downwards; petals narrow, subacute. Labellum ovate-lanceolate, 14–18 mm long, 3.5–4 mm wide, green and reddish brown, scabrous, apex curved, obtuse to subacute, distal half protruding from the sinus in the set position. Flowers April to October.
Wim, GleP, VVP, VRiv, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, NIS, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, VAlp. Also SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Tas. New Zealand. Widespread and common in many habitats including open-forest, wet sclerophyll forest and coastal scrub, often in moist shaded areas.
Hybridizes sporadically with P. curta, P. pedunculata and with P. furcata to form P. ×ingens.
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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