Opera house greenhood | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
Tribe: | Cranichideae |
Genus: | Pterostylis |
Species: | P. hians
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Binomial name | |
Pterostylis hians D.L.Jones[1]
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Synonyms[1] | |
Diplodium hians (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. |
Pterostylis hians, commonly known as the opera house greenhood,[2] is a species of orchid endemic to New South Wales. Non-flowering plants have a rosette of leaves flat on the ground but flowering plants have a single shiny white and green flower. This greenhood is only known from a single location near Ulladulla.