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Prasophyllum patens R.Br.
Family Orchidaceae
Common name: Broad-lipped Leek Orchid

Prasophyllum patens R.Br. APNI*

Description: Terrestrial herb, 10–30 cm high, colony-forming.

Leaf to 30 cm long.

Inflorescence usually < 50-flowered, widely spaced. Flowers green and white, thin-textured, lemon-scented. Dorsal sepal ovate, to 7 mm long. Lateral sepals to 7 mm long, weakly to widely divergent. Lateral petals linear, to 8 mm long, tips often bluntly triangular. Labellum to 8 mm long and 3 mm wide, ovate when flattened, lamina strongly recurved (usually not protruding between lateral sepals), margins crisped to pleated. Callus plate greenish, with a narrow central channel, not extending much further than the bend in the lamina. Column with column wings lanceolate to ± sickle-shaped; rostellum almost as high as column wings.


Flowering: October–December, usually after fires.

Distribution and occurrence: Widespread, from coastal sites to inland districts.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, ?NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. Tas. S.A.
AVH map***

Text by P. Bernhardt & R. R. Rowe
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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