Phillimore, R., Papenfus, D., Brown, A., Bunny, F. and English, V. (2000) sp. Northampton Interim Pterostylis Recovery Plan No 68, 2000 2003. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Perth. – Short, R. and McConnell, C. (2001) Extent and Impacts of Dryland Salinity. Resource Management Technical 202, Agriculture Western Australia. Report Stoutamire W.P. (1982) Pollination of 5 (8). Pterostylis. American Orchid Society Bulletin. Western Australian Herbarium (1998) FloraBase Information on the Western Australian Flora. Department of – Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia. 6. TAXONOMIC DESCRIPTION Hoffman, N. and Brown, A. (1998) Revised 2nd edition with supplement. Orchids of South-west Australia. University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands. sp. Northampton is a small tuberous terrestrial herb growing to 5 to 10 centimetres high. The flower Pterostylis spike emerges from a basal rosettes of leaves and bears between two and twenty pale green ‘greenhood’ flowers, each of which are approximately 5 by 5 millimetres in size. Flowering occurs from August to early September.
Phillimore, R., Papenfus, D., Brown, A., Bunny, F. and English, V. (2000) Pterostylis sp. Northampton Interim Recovery Plan No 68, 2000 – 2003. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Perth. Short, R. and McConnell, C. (2001) Extent and Impacts of Dryland Salinity. Resource Management Technical Report 202, Agriculture Western Australia. Stoutamire W.P. (1982) Pollination of Pterostylis. American Orchid Society Bulletin. 5 (8). Western Australian Herbarium (1998) FloraBase – Information on the Western Australian Flora. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia. 6. TAXONOMIC DESCRIPTION Hoffman, N. and Brown, A. (1998) Orchids of South-west Australia. Revised 2nd edition with supplement. University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands. Pterostylis sp. Northampton is a small tuberous terrestrial herb growing to 5 to 10 centimetres high. The flower spike emerges from a basal rosettes of leaves and bears between two and twenty pale green ‘greenhood’ flowers, each of which are approximately 5 by 5 millimetres in size. Flowering occurs from August to early September.
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