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Lyperanthus (Orchidaceae) 4a:94    
Lyperanthus suaveolens (Brown Beaks) is a fairly common species that grows in poorly drained, often heathy or grassy areas, mostly near the east and south-east coasts.

This species has a single, narrow, stiff, erect leaf. The flowering stalk (scape) is erect, unbranched and wiry, and bears several shortly stalked flowers. The flowers are dark and relatively inconspicuous, with narrow, dark brown sepals and petals that spread quite widely.

Lyperanthus nigricans is now known as Pyrorchis nigricans.

 

 
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