Pterostylis rufa R.Br.

Rustyhood

Slender terrestrial to 30 cm tall. Basal leaves 6?12, ovate, to 3 cm long, to 1.2 cm wide, usually withered at flowering. Stem leaves 2?6, bract-like. Flowers 2?15, to 16 mm long, reddish-brown and white; spring. Dorsal sepal with a short point. Lateral sepals pointing down, ovate, joined for about half their length, concave. Labellum oblong, bristly along margins, with a basal mound, rounded at tip, reddish-brown.

NSW.

Source: Jeanes, J. (2005). Orchidaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Lilianae
order      Asparagales
family       Orchidaceae
genus        Pterostylis R.Br.