Stylidium hispidum
Appearance
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Stylidium hispidum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Stylidiaceae |
Genus: | Stylidium |
Subgenus: | Stylidium subg. Tolypangium |
Section: | Stylidium sect. Lineares |
Species: | S. hispidum
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Binomial name | |
Stylidium hispidum Lindl., 1839
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Stylidium hispidum, the white butterfly triggerplant, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium (family Stylidiaceae). S. hispidum is endemic to Australia and is found primarily in southwest Western Australia near Perth. This species is a basally rosetted triggerplant with greyish, linear leaves growing up to three cm. The scape is reddish, from six to thirty cm tall ending in a somewhat branched raceme giving rise to white or cream-colored flowers, which have red spots near the throat of the flower. The primary habitat for S. hispidum includes jarrah forests, gravelly loams, and light sandy soils.[1]
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Erickson, Rica. (1958). Triggerplants. Perth: Paterson Brokensha Pty. Ltd.