Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asparagales Link
Family
Orchidaceae Juss.
Genus
Pterostylis R.Br.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Pterostylis graminea Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 248 (1853)
Synonymy:
  • = Pterostylis amplior D.L.Jones, Molloy & M.A.Clem. in Jones et al., Australian Orchid Research 7: 297 (2025)
Type: New Zealand. Near Long Point, Fiordland, 100 ft, 28 Dec. 1966, P. K. Dorizac s.n. (holo CHR 174076)
 Description

Plant c. 5–25–(30) cm. tall at fl. Stem erect, smooth, internodes < lvs. Lvs mostly 4–6, the size changing from below upwards, the largest lf on a stem c. 5–15 × 0.5–1 cm.; all linear-lanceolate, ± keeled, long-acuminate, widest near sessile sheathing base, us. overtopping fl. Fl. solitary, ovary us. erect. Dorsal sepal c. 1.5–3 cm. tall, distal part ± horizontal, tip acuminate to shortly caudate; lateral sepals diverging at a narrow angle, tips caudate and ± erect, overtopping galea. Petals broad almost to tip, a little shorter than dorsal sepal. Labellum oblong, little arched. Column about as tall as labellum; stigma narrow, not prominent.

[From: Moore and Edgar (1970) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 2.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Gosden, J.; Courtney, S.P.; Fergus, A.J.; Barkla, J.W.; Beadel, S.M.; Champion, P.D., Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Makan, T.; Michel, P. 2024: Conservation status of vascular plants in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2023. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 43. [Not threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
Hooker, J.D. 1852–1853 ("1853"): The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part I. Flowering plants. Lovell Reeve, London.
Jones, D.L.; Clements, M.A.; Molloy, B.P.J 2002: A Synopsis of the Subtribe Pterostylidinae. Australian Orchid Research 4: 129–146.
Jones, D.L.; Molloy, B.P.J.; Clements, M.A.; Zimmer, H.C. 2025: Nine new species of Orchidaceae from New Zealand and characterisation of seven poorly known taxa. Australian Orchid Research 7: 291–311.