Scientific name: Listera cordata (L.) R. Brown
Common name: Lesser twayblade
Description
Habit: Spindly, small, 10-25cm high; stem delicate, underside of leaves glaucous and slightly hairy towards tip of leaves.
Leaves: With a single pair of almost opposite leaves, below the middle of the stem; 1-2.5cm long, cordate, finely veined, dark green and shiny on upper surface.
Flowers: Usually 3-15 flowers present, shortly pedicellate, rather lax inflorescence, flowers yellowish-green to dull reddish, flowers miniscule, with the labellum no more than 5mm long and deeply divided into 2 narrow pointed lobes; ovary globular, on a short pedicel, 2-4mm long.
Habitat: Mountains and woodlands.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No
Variation: The degree of red pigmentation can vary among plants.