Pterostylis anatona

Pterostylis anatona is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a rosette of dark green, wrinkled leaves long and wide. A single light green and white flower long and wide with a reddish-brown tip is borne on a spike high. The dorsal sepal and petals are fused, forming a hood or "galea" over the column. The dorsal sepal is slightly shorter than the petals. There is a wide gap between the galea and the lateral sepals. The lateral sepals are erect and have narrow tips long and a bulging V-shaped sinus between them. The labellum is long, about wide, reddish-brown and curved and protrudes above the sinus. Flowering occurs from June to August. ==Taxonomy and naming==

Pterostylis anatona was first formally described in 1997 by David Jones and the description was published in The Orchadian from a specimen collected near Eungella. The specific epithet (anatona) is a Latin word meaning "stretching or extending upward". ==Distribution and habitat==

The Eungella greenhood grows in forest with a grassy understorey above between Eungella and the Blackdown Tableland. ==References==