- Stylidium scandens
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Stylidium scandens 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Stylidiaceae Genus: Stylidium Subgenus: Tolypangium Section: Verticillatae Species: S. scandens Binomial name Stylidium scandens
R. Br., 1831
Curtis's Botanical Magazine print of Stylidium scandens.
Stylidium scandens (the climbing triggerplant) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium (family Stylidiaceae). S. scandens is endemic to Australia and is found primarily in the southwestern region of Western Australia. It is unique among triggerplants in that its leaves, five centimeters (two inches) long, end in a recurved barb that can grab hold of other vegetation and scramble or climb up to 30–60 cm in height over other plants, which is how it obtained its common name. Flowers are bright pink and about 15 mm wide.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Darnowski, Douglas W. (2002). Triggerplants. Australia: Rosenberg Publishing.
Categories:- Carnivorous plants of Australia
- Eudicots of Western Australia
- Stylidium
- Asterales of Australia
- Asterales stubs
- Western Australian plant stubs
- Australian asterid stubs
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