Stylidium laricifolium

Taxobox


image_caption = "S. laricifolium" print from William Jackson Hooker's 1823 "Exotic Flora".
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Stylidiaceae
genus = "Stylidium"
subgenus = "Tolypangium"
sectio = "Sparsifoliae"
species = "S. laricifolium"
binomial = "Stylidium laricifolium"
binomial_authority = Rich.

"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 meters 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. The species name, "laricifolium" refers to the long, narrow leaves, which resemble the leaf form of the "Larix" genus, the larches.Darnowski, Douglas W. (2002). "Triggerplants". Australia: Rosenberg Publishing.]

See also

* List of "Stylidium" species

References