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larchleaf triggerplant
Stylidium laricifolium
Stylidium laricifolium (the larch-leaf or tree triggerplant) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium (family Stylidiaceae). S. laricifolium is endemic to Australia and is found primarily on the east coast of Australia from Queensland through Victoria. It can grow up to 1.5 metres tall in a bushy form. Flowering in the spring, S. laricifolium displays inflorescences consisting of ten to thirty pink flowers. Each flower is about 10 mm wide and 4 mm deep....
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Description
Stylidium laricifolium is a perennial subshrub with few stems, that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1.5 m (1 ft 0 in – 4 ft 11 in). The leaves are linear, 10–80 mm (0.39–3.15 in) long, about 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide and crowded along the stems. The flowering stems are 14–45 cm (5.5–17.7 in) high, with between ten and thirty flowers arranged in a single main panicle and several smaller racemes. The sepals are narrow lance-shaped, 1.5–2 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long and joined at the base forming a tube longer than the lobes. The corolla is white to pale pink, about 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) wide with two pairs of oblong petals. The column is 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) long with a cushion-like stigma and the ovary is 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long and covered with glandular hairs. Flowering occurs from September to December and the fruit is an oblong capsule 8–12 mm (0.31–0.47 in) long.
Range & habitat
Giant trigger-plant grows in forest in rocky places from south-east Queensland, along the coast and tablelands of New South Wales to eastern Victoria.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 145708.