Stylidium fluminense

Taxobox


image_caption =
status = DD
status_ref = Bean, A.R. (2000). A revision of "Stylidium" subg. "Andersonia" (R.Br. ex G.Don) Mildbr. (Stylidiaceae). "Austrobaileya" 5(4): 589-649.]
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Stylidiaceae
genus = "Stylidium"
subgenus = "Andersonia"
sectio = "Alsinoida"
species = "S. fluminense"
binomial = "Stylidium fluminense"
binomial_authority = Erickson & J.H.Willis 1965

"Stylidium fluminense" is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus "Stylidium" (family Stylidiaceae). It is an erect annual plant that grows from 15 to 30 cm tall. Elliptical leaves, about 10-40 per plant, are scattered along the stems. The leaves are generally 5-19 mm long and 1.5-6 mm wide. This species lacks a scape but has cymose inflorescences that are 5-11 cm long. Flowers are pink, mauve, or red. "S. fluminense" is found in northwestern Australia, including confirmed locations in the Hamersley Ranges and the Harding River near Karratha. Its typical habitat is sheltered sites with persistent moisture in sandstone gorges. It flowers in the southern hemisphere from June to October. "S. fluminense" is most closely related to "S. alsinoides".

See also

*List of "Stylidium" species

References