Red-banded Greenhood

Pterostylis sanguinea

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Pterostylis sanguinea, commonly known as the red-banded greenhood or dark-banded greenhood, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to southern Australia. The plants either have a rosette of leaves in the years when not flowering or stem leaves on a flowering spike. When flowering, it has up to about twelve flowers which are dark reddish-brown, sometimes green or green and brown with the dorsal sepal and petals joined, forming a hood over...

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  3. (c) Jean and Fred, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pterostylis_sanguinea_-_Greenhood_(2755918980).jpg
  4. (c) User:Gnangarra, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pterostylis_sanguinea_Gnangarra-17.jpg
  5. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/1107802

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