Pterostylis vittata
Lindl.
Banded greenhood
OrchidaceaeRoots
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Tubers, Root
The tubers and roots are eaten.
How to Identify
An orchid in the Orchidaceae family from warm temperate regions with edible tubers and roots.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Pterostylis vittata, commonly known as banded greenhood or green-banded greenhood, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. The plants either have a rosette of leaves on a short stalk in the years when not flowering or stem leaves on a flowering spike. When flowering, it has up to about twenty five flowers which are translucent green with darker green stripes. It was formerly thought to occur in South Australia and Victoria but those collections are now thought to be of Pterostylis sanguinea.
Names & Synonyms
Oligochaetochilus vittatus (Lindl.) Szlach.Pterostylis praecocissima F. Muell. ex Benth.Urochilus vittatus (Lindl.) D. J. Jones & M. A. Clem.
References (1)
- Plants and People in Mooro Country. Nyungar Plant use in Yellagonga Regional Park
