Family: Stylidiaceae
Plant: A perennial herb with erect stems to 60cm tall.
Flowers: Pale pink to mauve tubular flowers with 5 lobes (1 inconspicuous) and a characteristic ‘trigger’ tube. Column has a trigger-like action when touched. The flowers are borne in panicles at the end of erect stems.
Flowering: August-November.
Leaves: Narrow linear, often revolute, 1-4cm long and 1mm wide, alternate, soft and crowded along the stems.
Fruit: Oblong capsule 8-12mm long with numerous dark brown seeds.
Habitat: In sheltered locations in dry sclerophyll forest.
Features: Crowded soft linear leaves. Pale pink to mauve flowers with trigger mechanism.
Name:
Stylidium From Greek = little style (referring to the style in its flower).
laricifolium From Latin = larch and folius - leaf (referring to its leaves that resemble those of the Larch).
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Type |
Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Tubular/Bell-shaped, |
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Irregular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Pink, Mauve |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
4, 5 |
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Flowering Month |
8, 9, 10, 11 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Red, Green |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate, Crowded |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear |
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Short |
Short, |
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Margins |
Entire, |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Soft |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest |
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