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BLUNT GREENHOOD FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Blunt Greenhood
Description
The Blunt Greenhood is a green flowering terrestrial orchid. The flower is greenish and white, about 3 cm tall and has a blunt hood made up of the dorsal sepal and lateral petals being fused together. The lateral sepals are joined together at the base and fork out into prongs on either side of the hood. thee is usually a single flower on a stem which grows to 30 cm tall. Flowering is from late winter and spring from July to October. The leaves form a rosette of up to six oval leaves at ground level that can grow to about 10 cm long. The plant grows from tubers and sometimes forms dense colonies in suitable habitat.
Habitat
eucalypt forest, grassy woodland, prefers damp conditions.
Distribution
Pterostylis curta is found in south east Queensland, eastern New South Wales, Victoria, eastern Tasmania, and is rare in south east of South Australia. Also found in New Caledonia.
Growth Characteristics
Height: 10cm - 30cm
Classification
| Class: | Liliopsida | | Order: | Asparagales | | Family: | Orchidaceae | | Genus: | Pterostylis | | Species: | curta | | Common Name: | Blunt Greenhood |
Relatives in same Genus
Pterostylis alpina
Pterostylis baptistii
Pterostylis barbata
Pterostylis coccina
Pterostylis melagramma
Pterostylis nutans
Pterostylis pyramidalis
Pterostylis recurva
Pterostylis sanguinea
Pterostylis sargentii
Pterostylis stenochila
Pterostylis vittata
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