ON THIS PLANT
Pterostylis squamata, commonly known as the southern rustyhood or ruddyhood, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. Flowering plants have up to ten translucent green flowers with reddish-brown markings and a hairy, insect-like labellum. Non-flowering plants have a rosette of four to eight egg-shaped leaves. This species is very similar to Pterostylis rufa which has a narrower labellum and other minor differences.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Pterostylis
- Family
- Orchidaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Southern rustyhood en common ruddyhood
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