Leprechaun Greenhood

Leprechaun Greenhood

Leprechaun Greenhood

Pterostylis conferta


Both flowering and non-flowering plants have a basal rosette of green leaves. This species reproduces only from seed not vegetatively.


Details Description
Type
Herb
Group
Orchid
Other Common Names
Basalt Midget Greenhood
Identifying Characteristics

Flower stem to 10 cm with up to 12 flowers to 10 mm long in a crowded flower spike. The labellum has a darker green erect appendage without prominent ridges. Flowers October-January.

Distinctive Features

Short stature and fleshy flowers in a crowded flower spike.

Life Form Group
Herb
Life Form Codes
Medium Herb (MH)
EVC types
EVC 132_61: Heavier-soils Plains Grassland
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Pterostylis
Species
conferta
Basalt Midget Greenhood
Endemic to Victoria, restricted to remnant native grassland among basalt rocks.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endangered Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Listed as threatened
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.