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Sighting 4674110

Pterostylis nutans

Nodding Greenhood at Gipsy Point, VIC

Pterostylis nutans at Gipsy Point, VIC - suppressed
Pterostylis nutans at Gipsy Point, VIC - suppressed
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Pterostylis nutans 6 Jun 2025 Tapirlord
Pterostylis nutans 6 Jun 2025 JasonPStewartNMsnc2016
Unverified 6 Jun 2025 ASHandEMM

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JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
   6 Jun 2025
_Pterostylis nutans_ if "flower ca. 2.5 cm long, labellum 12–16 mm long"

Confer with _Pterostylis hispidula_ known from the NSW south-coast northwards,
having "flower ca. 1.5 cm long, labellum 9–13 mm long " .

Ref's (in brief, without citations):

• Flora of Vic. online VicFlora:
https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/key/2142
https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/9ee3e225-0053-4385-b1ab-cdccb79ccefe
.

• Flora of NSW online PlantNet:
https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Pterostylis
https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pterostylis~hispidula
https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pterostylis~nutans
.
Tapirlord wrote:
   6 Jun 2025
Flowering too late for hispidula. Also note the differences in floral structure
JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
   6 Jun 2025
Thanks Ciaran.

Those words I provided for this sighting's authors.

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