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Internal ID UUID644060a6b48f0207153059
Scientific name Pterostylis brunneola
Authority D.L.Jones & C.J.French
First published in Austral. Orchid Rev. 79(3): 19 (2014)

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Pterostylis brunneola, commonly known as the giant snail orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a large rosette of leaves 20–55 mm (0.8–2 in) in diameter. Flowering plants have a single pale fawn and white flower 12–16 mm (0.5–0.6 in) long and 7–12 mm (0.3–0.5 in) wide on a flowering stem 90–170 mm (4–7 in) high. It grows near Toolibin Lake in sandy soil under species of Banksia and Allocasuarina in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains and Jarrah Forest biogeographic regions and is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.

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English giant snail orchid

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World Flora Online wfo-0001338783
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77137820-1
Open Tree Of Life 7585133
IPNI 77137820-1
GBIF 9338312
Wikipedia Pterostylis_brunneola

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