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Pterostylis trullifolia

Trowel Leaved Greenhood

Garton’s Bush, Coopers Beach 14 July 2010. Photo: Bill Campbell
Photo: Bill Campbell
Recorded distribution
Recorded distribution

Plant

To 30 cm tall with a basal rosette of broad rumpled round to heart-shaped leaves 20 mm across or short almost triangular stem leaves 5-20 x 2-5 mm; semi-mature plants may have mixed leaves..

Flowers

Small, one rarely two, 10-15mm tall. Dorsal sepal and petals pointed, about equal. Lateral sepals fine, erect and spreading widely. Junction of the lateral sepals strongly rolled outwards to form a thick lip.

Flowering

May - October.

Habitat

Lowland to montane, light scrub and forest. Northland to Nelson and Marlborough Sounds.

Conservation

Widespread, common, forming large colonies.

Notes

Like P. alobula but flowers slender. Flowers occasionally turning reddish after pollination, sometimes lateral petals separate from the dorsal sepal.

Key features

Presence of rosette and flowering stages, very small flower, lateral sepals rolled outwards at junction to give jug spout look.

Photos

Garton’s Bush, Coopers Beach 14 July 2010. Photo: Bill Campbell
Stratford Drive, Cable Bay 2 September 2007. Photo: Bill Campbell
Totara North 2 August 2007. Photo: Bill Campbell
Basal leaves, Stratford Drive, Cable Bay 2 September 2007. Photo: Bill Campbell
State Highway 10, Coopers Beach 7 June 2008. Photo: Bill Campbell
 Waikumete. Photo: Allan Ducker
 Waikumete. Photo: Allan Ducker
 Waikumete. Photo: Allan Ducker
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