AusTraits

Pterostylis parva

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Pterostylis parva D.L.Jones & C.J.French

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Pterostylis sp. 'Esperance granite' (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pterostylis sp. 'brittle' (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
  • Pterostylis sp. 'fawn' (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pterostylis sp. 'small stature' (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pterostylis sp. aff. nana (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pterostylis sp. small stature (W.Jackson BJ303) (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Pterostylis timothyi (D.L.Jones) Janes & Duretto (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 6 traits from 9 records in 4 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

life history
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.08 m (0.08-0.08 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

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WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_222Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.