Stylidium violaceum

Taxobox


image_caption = "S. violaceum" print from Ferdinand Bauer's 1813 "Illustrationes Florae Novae Hollandiae".
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Stylidiaceae
genus = "Stylidium"
subgenus = "Tolypangium"
sectio = "Saxifragoidea"
species = "S. violaceum"
binomial = "Stylidium violaceum"
binomial_authority = R. Br.

"Stylidium violaceum" (the violet triggerplant) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus "Stylidium" (family Stylidiaceae). "S. violaceum" is endemic to Australia and is found primarily in the southwestern region of Western Australia. It can grow up to 50 cm including the scape. The mostly purple flowers are 10 mm tall and 6 mm broad. Leaves are 5 cm long and about 4 mm broad.Darnowski, Douglas W. (2002). "Triggerplants". Australia: Rosenberg Publishing.] Flowering occurs mainly from October to January. "S. violaceum" is found in locations with sandy or loamy sand soil texture conditions on hillslopes, dunes, or winter wet depressions and swamps. [http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/flora?f=343&level=s&id=7808&PHPSESSID=6440ec34e6a4af31b204896df2767b28 Western Australia's FloraBase entry] on "S. violaceum".]

See also

* List of "Stylidium" species

References