Common name: Swan Greenhood
Pterostylis cycnocephala Fitzg. APNI* Synonyms: Hymenochilus cycnocephalus (Fitzg.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. APNI*
Description: Terrestrial herb.
Rosette leaves crowded, 6–12, elliptic, 1–3.5 cm long, 5–25 mm wide, margins entire; shortly petiolate to nearly sessile.
Scape to 20 cm high, with 3–6 closely sheathing stem leaves. Flowers 2–20, c. 0.8 cm long, green with darker lines, shiny. Galea curved throughout, suddenly decurved near the apex. Dorsal sepal acute. Lateral sepal broad-ovate in outline when flattened, 5.5–6.5 mm long, 4.5–5.5 mm wide, margins incurved, concave; free points broad-triangular, c. 2 mm long, not divergent. Petals broadest near the base, obtuse. Labellum pale green with a dark green basal appendage; lamina obovate-oblong, c. 3 mm long, c. 2 mm wide; appendage c. 1.5 mm long, with a prominent beak.
Flowering: August–January
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in sclerophyll forest and grassland.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. Tas. S.A.
Text by D. L. Jones
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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