Pterostylis curta
R.Br. Blunt GreenhoodFlowering plant to 30 cm tall. Rosette leaves 2–6, ovate to elliptic or oblong, 2–10 cm long, 1–3 cm wide, petiolate, margins entire, flat or crisped. Flower 3–3.5 cm long, more or less erect, white and green with brown suffusions in the galea; galea apex obliquely erect to horizontal; dorsal sepal blunt; lateral sepals erect, loosely embracing the galea leaving a lateral gap, sinus broadly V-shaped when viewed from the front, shallowly mounded when viewed from the side, free points linear-tapered, 10–12 mm long, divergent, recurved; petals broad, subacute. Labellum oblong-obovate, 17–22 mm long, 4–5 mm wide, brown, apex obtuse, twisted to one side, distal quarter to third protruding through the sinus in the set position. Flowers Jul.–Oct.
Wim, GleP, VVP, VRiv, GipP, OtP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, NIS, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, MonT, HFE, VAlp. Also SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Tas. Widespread and common in many habitats including open-forest, wet sclerophyll forest and coastal scrub, often in moist shaded areas on heavy to well-drained soils.
Hybrids with P. nutans and P. pedunculata have been recorded.
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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