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Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Pterostylis humilis R.S.Rogers (1922)
Description
Plant c. 3–10–15 cm. tall at fl. Stem short, erect, smooth, mostly hidden by lvs at fl., internodes, at least uppermost, elongating in fr. Lvs us. 3–4, all much alike, us. overtopping fl.; lamina c. 4–9 × 1.5–2.5 cm., broad-elliptic to oblong, tip obtuse to broadly subacute, base merging into broadly winged, sheathing petiole. Fl. solitary; ovary us. erect. Dorsal sepal c. 2 cm. tall, erect then ± horizontal, shortly acuminate; lateral sepals diverging at a narrow angle, tips acuminate to shortly caudate, overtopping galea. Petals almost as long as dorsal sepal, acute. Labellum elliptic, tip narrowly obtuse, shortly recurved, ± cucullate. Column a little shorter than labellum; stigma broadly cordate, very prominent.
[From: Moore and Edgar (1970) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 2.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Phenology
Flowering: Dec.
Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Hitchmough, R.; Townsend, A.J. 2009: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 61–96. [Naturally uncommon]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Naturally Uncommon]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Naturally Uncommon]
Jones, D.L.; Clements, M.A.; Molloy, B.P.J 2002: A Synopsis of the Subtribe Pterostylidinae. Australian Orchid Research 4: 129–146.
