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and a single tube-shaped leaf, 200–450 mm (7.9–17.7 in) long and 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) wide. Between fifteen and thirty flowers are crowded along a flowering spike 60–100 mm (2.4–3.9 in) long, reaching a height of 300–500 mm (12–20 in). The flowers are crowded,
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extending nearly to the tip of the labellum. Flowering occurs from
October to December, usually in the absence of fire. The flowers are described as being both "sweetly fragrant" and as having "a rather unpleasant musty fragrance".
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campaign in April 2016; scientists walked 300 km to raise money for collection of seeds to be prepared and stored at the
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pale tawny green to whitish, 18–21 mm (0.71–0.83 in) long and 8–11 mm (0.31–0.43 in) wide. As with others in the genus, the flowers are inverted so that the
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554:"Scientists race to save 11 endangered plants in NSW"
458:. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: New Holland. p. 211.
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529:Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings
336:. It was one of eleven species selected for the
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425:(Orchidaceae) from south-eastern Australia"
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768:urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1014360-1
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389:Bernhardt, Peter; Rowe, Ross R.
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552:Barlass, Tim (10 April 2016).
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480:"Musty Leek Orchid - profile"
397:. Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
291:from a specimen collected on
840:Endemic orchids of Australia
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32:Scientific classification
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835:Flora of New South Wales
454:Jones, David L. (2006).
419:Jones, David L. (2000).
311:Distribution and habitat
366:Australian Plant Census
558:Sydney Morning Herald
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729:Prasophyllum~pallens
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607:Prasophyllum pallens
504:Prasophyllum pallens
421:"Ten new species of
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360:Prasophyllum pallens
328:Prasophyllum pallens
319:of New South Wales.
285:Prasophyllum pallens
239:with an underground
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180:Prasophyllum pallens
25:Prasophyllum pallens
338:Save a Species Walk
323:Conservation status
280:Taxonomy and naming
227:is a terrestrial,
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631:Wikispecies
293:Mount Banks
289:David Jones
220:Description
114:Subfamily:
108:Orchidaceae
98:Asparagales
75:Angiosperms
824:Categories
755:kew-164782
750:Plant List
582:2017-10-17
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344:References
134:Subtribe:
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716:1014360-1
622:Q15489507
233:deciduous
229:perennial
187:D.L.Jones
156:Species:
128:Diurideae
45:Kingdom:
789:Tropicos
776:Species+
724:NSWFlora
616:Wikidata
269:labellum
246:labellum
104:Family:
88:Monocots
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305:pallens
261:lateral
214:endemic
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265:petals
254:dorsal
250:column
210:orchid
781:81837
664:4M9LS
257:sepal
241:tuber
82:Clade
69:Clade
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763:POWO
711:IPNI
685:GBIF
646:APNI
533:ISBN
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