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Prasophyllum sphacelatum
Subalpine leek orchid is a deciduous terrestrial orchid from cold subalpine grassland and herbfield in south-eastern Australia, growing from an underground tuber. It is a wild species rarely grown in gardens, and its key requirement is cool, moist, well-drained conditions with a winter-wet, summer-dry rhythm.
Prasophyllum sphacelatum, commonly known as subalpine leek orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has a single tubular, dull green leaf and up to eighteen scented, green to brownish flowers with a green to pinkish labellum. It grows in subalpine areas of New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.
Subalpine leek orchid grows in subalpine herbfield and grassland, sometimes with grasses and shrubs in snow gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora) forest. It is found in sulalpine regions of New South Wales south from the Brindabella Range, in north-eastern Victoria and in Tasmania where it often grows on buttongrass plains.
Genoplesium mucronatum · Prasophyllum abblittiorum · Heathland leek orchid · Prasophyllum albovirens · Prasophyllum album · Mauve leek orchid · Alpine leek orchid · Dainty leek orchid · Pretty Hill leek orchid · Tapered leek orchid · Prasophyllum argillaceum · Prasophyllum asinantum
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Prasophyllum sphacelatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
