Two-bristle greenhood | |
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Conservation status
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Critically endangered (EPBC Act) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
Tribe: | Cranichideae |
Genus: | Pterostylis |
Species: | P. psammophila
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Binomial name | |
Pterostylis psammophila D.L.Jones R.J.Bates[1]
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Synonyms[1] | |
Oligochaetochilus psammophilus D.L.Jones |
Pterostylis psammophila, commonly known as the two-bristle greenhood, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to South Australia. Both flowering and non-flowering plants have a rosette of leaves and flowering plants have translucent green and white flowers with an insect-like labellum, but the flowers are only open for a few days.
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