Pterostylis conferta

Flowering plant to 16 cm tall, stem leaves 3–5, loosely sheathing. Rosette leaves 5–10, ovate to elliptic, 0.5–2.5 cm long, 3–8 mm wide, shortly petiolate to nearly sessile, margins entire. Flowers 5–16, crowded, pale green with darker green lines, 10–13 mm long; galea curved throughout, suddenly decurved near the apex; dorsal sepal acute; lateral sepals deflexed, conjoined part broadly ovate in outline when flattened, 6–7 mm long, 6–7 mm wide, margins incurved, concave, united basally, free points broadly triangular, c. 3 mm long, parallel; petals asymmetrical, broadest towards the base. Labellum pale green with a dark green basal appendage; lamina obovate-oblong, c. 3 mm long, c. 2.5 mm wide; appendage c. 2 mm long, recurved. Flowers Oct.–Nov.