Two-bristle Greenhood Orchid
Hood, side
Flinders Ranges
Bearded Greenhood
S2, profile
 
                      
Bearded Greenhood (Pterostylis foliacea)Class: Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)
Order: Asparagus (Asparagales)
Family: Orchid (Orchidaceae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Bearded Greenhood (Pterostylis foliacea)
This Photo:     🔍S1, profile🔎

Thank you Robert Lawrence for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Flinders Ranges and possibly elsewhere
This looks almost exactly the same as Pterostylis plumosa, but was taken in a different region. Locally Pterostylis plumosa is classed as Endangered.

Copyright © 2023-2025 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 08-Sep-2023
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.