Habenaria mossii (G.Will.) J.C.Manning, S. African J. Bot. 55: 193 (1989).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Habenaria lithophila subsp. mossii G.Will., J. S. African Bot. 49: 445 (1983).
Description:
Terrestrial with 2 basal, broadly ovate to orbicular leaves and a few lanceolate, acuminate cauline leaves up the stem that blooms in the summer on a terminal, erect, fairly densely many flowered inflorescence.
Habitat:
An erect herb rising from an ellipsoid tuber which grows in open grassland on dolomite or in black sandy soil, at elevations of 1200 to 1800 meters.
Distribution:
Gauteng, E. Cape Prov.