Speculantha rubescens
Blushing Tiny Greenhood at Tallong, NSW
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| Speculantha rubescens | Tapirlord | 3 Feb 2024 | |
| Speculantha rubescens | Csteele4 | 31 Jan 2024 |
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3 Feb 2024
Or possibly Speculantha furva. The two species are so similar and overlap in distribution on the edges of their range that I probably won't be able to ID to species level.
3 Feb 2024
@mattm huh! I had not thought of P/S (I use Pterostylis) furva. They're so similar, upon examination, that one wonders why they are classified differently at all, rather than subspecies.
3 Feb 2024
I believe there is a guy going around and doing genetic studies on the Speculantha group and looking at rubescens and furva to see if they are any different. In the meantime they remain separate species. I saw there was a collection record from this area of S. furva but that's all I have as a clue to this plants identity.
3 Feb 2024
@mattm there are a few records on the South Coast site, too, where they don't seem to have P/S rubescens listed. May be a case of personal preference, rather than anything else.
3 Feb 2024
P.furva is said to be more or less coastal, while P.rubescens in the species on the slopes and tablelands. Lachlan seems to suggest separating most of this group by distribution, so I guess that is what we do here. Having said that, and as Tina is alluding to, I wouldn't want to touch the taxonomy of this group with a 9 1/2 foot pole!
Location information
- Maps Goulburn Mulwaree Council
- Places Tallong, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- Csteele4 Recorded by
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
- Yes In flower
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Species information
- Speculantha rubescens Scientific name
- Blushing Tiny Greenhood Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 991.54m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Pterostylis rubescens
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In flower
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