Pterostylis squamata

Flowering plant to 30 cm tall, stem leaves 3–6, closely sheathing. Rosette leaves 6–12, oblong to elliptic, 1–3 cm long, 7–12 mm wide, margins entire. Flowers 1–10, porrect to semi-nodding,10–14 mm long, transparent with green and reddish brown suffusions, shiny; dorsal sepal with an upcurved filiform point c. 1.5 mm long; lateral sepals deflexed, conjoined part elliptic in outline when flattened, shallowly concave, margins incurved, glabrous to slightly hairy, free points 5–7 mm long, divergent petals with a poorly developed proximal flange. Labellum oblong, 4–4.5 mm long, c. 2.5 mm wide, thick; marginal hairs in 5–7 pairs, 1–2 mm long, white, basal lobe thick, with numerous white hairs to 0.5 mm long. Flowers Oct.–Mar.