| Hooded leek orchid | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Diurideae |
| Subtribe: | Prasophyllinae |
| Genus: | Prasophyllum |
| Species: | P. cucullatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Prasophyllum cucullatum | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Prasophyllum cucullatum, commonly known as the hooded leek orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a tall orchid with a single smooth, tubular leaf and up to fifty or more purplish-red and white flowers with a frilled labellum crowded along a relatively short flowering stem.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
APNIwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Prasophyllum cucullatum". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.