- Plants
- ›Vascular Plants
- ›flowering plants
- ›monocots
- ›Agaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies
- ›Orchids
- ›Orchidoid Orchids
- ›Cranichideae
- ›Pterostylidinae
Greenhoods
Pterostylis
Pterostylis is a genus of about 300 species of plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Commonly called greenhood orchids, they are terrestrial, deciduous, perennial, tuberous, herbs found in Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, New Caledonia and one Indonesian island. The flowers are mostly green, sometimes with brown, reddish or white stripes, and are distinguished from other orchids by their unusual flower structures and pollination mechanism.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Nodding Greenhood
speciesPterostylis nutans
maroonhood
speciesPterostylis pedunculata
dwarf greenhood
speciesPterostylis nana
tall greenhood
speciesPterostylis melagramma
Red-banded Greenhood
speciesPterostylis sanguinea
Trim Greenhood
speciesPterostylis concinna
Tutukiwi
speciesPterostylis banksii
blunt greenhood
speciesPterostylis curta
jug orchid
speciesPterostylis recurva
winter greenhood
speciesPterostylis alobula
Australian mountain greenhood
speciesPterostylis alpina
Banded Greenhood
speciesPterostylis vittata
cobra greenhood
speciesPterostylis grandiflora
grass-leaved greenhood
speciesPterostylis graminea
tiny greenhood
speciesPterostylis parviflora
trowel-leaved greenhood
speciesPterostylis trullifolia
New Zealand mountain greenhood
speciesPterostylis montana
midget greenhood
speciesPterostylis mutica
Sharp greenhood
speciesPterostylis acuminata
southern autumn greenhood
speciesPterostylis ampliata
Tall Greenhood
speciesPterostylis longifolia
large striped greenhood
speciesPterostylis robusta
Emerald-lip Greenhood
speciesPterostylis smaragdyna
upright maroonhood
speciesPterostylis erecta
southern greenhood
speciesPterostylis australis
Spreading Greenhood
speciesPterostylis patens
Bird Orchid
speciesPterostylis barbata
small nodding greenhood
speciesPterostylis hispidula
swan greenhood
speciesPterostylis cycnocephala
Kauri Greenhood
speciesPterostylis agathicola
blushing tiny greenhood
speciesPterostylis rubescens
Hairy-stemmed snail orchid
speciesPterostylis setulosa
king greenhood
speciesPterostylis baptistii
long-tongued shell orchid
speciesPterostylis dolichochila
Pterostylis cardiostigma
speciesPterostylis cardiostigma
Slender snail orchid
speciesPterostylis crispula
Irson’s Greenhood Orchid
speciesPterostylis irsoniana
common ruddyhood
speciesPterostylis squamata
Pterostylis oliveri
speciesPterostylis oliveri
Pterostylis unicornis
speciesPterostylis unicornis
Pterostylis extensa
speciesPterostylis extensa
slender greenhood
speciesPterostylis foliata
summer greenhood
speciesPterostylis decurva
bristled rustyhood
speciesPterostylis biseta
tiny rustyhood
speciesPterostylis pusilla
leafy greenhood
speciesPterostylis cucullata
Adelaide Hills banded greenhood
speciesPterostylis viriosa
Sandhill Greenhood
speciesPterostylis arenicola
Pterostylis prasina
speciesPterostylis prasina
bearded bird orchid
speciesPterostylis turfosa
Pterostylis auriculata
speciesPterostylis auriculata
mainland striped greenhood
speciesPterostylis striata
large sickle greenhood
speciesPterostylis falcata
Murdoch Snail Orchid
speciesPterostylis ectypha
Daintree's greenhood
speciesPterostylis daintreana
rough greenhood
speciesPterostylis scabrida
black-tip greenhood
speciesPterostylis bicolor
Pygmy Greenhood
speciesPterostylis clivosa
snake tongue greenhood
speciesPterostylis ophioglossa
bearded greenhood
speciesPterostylis plumosa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Pterostylis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 83401.