Pterostylis aciculiformis

Flowering plant to 25 cm tall, stem leaves 3–6, closely sheathing. Rosette leaves 5–12, oblong to elliptic, 1–3 cm long, 5–12 mm wide, margins entire. Flowers 1–12, 13–16 mm long, transparent with green and tan suffusions, semi-nodding; dorsal sepal with an upcurved filiform point to 1.5–3 mm long; lateral sepals swept back, conjoined part elliptic in outline when flattened, shallowly concave, usually wider than the galea, margins incurved, glabrous, free points 4–7 mm long, parallel; petals with a poorly developed proximal flange. Labellum oblong, c. 4 mm long, c 2 mm wide, thick; marginal hairs in 5–12 pairs, 1–2.5 mm long, white, basal lobe hardly raised, with numerous white hairs c. 0.5 mm long. Flowers Sep.–Dec.