Stylidium accedens

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 = "Andersonia"
species = "S. accedens"
binomial = "Stylidium accedens"
binomial_authority = A.R.Bean 2000

"Stylidium accedens" is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus "Stylidium" (family Stylidiaceae). The specific epithet is from the Latin "accedens", which means "resembling", referring to the resemblance of this species to another "Stylidium" species, "S. uliginosum", which it was often confused for in the past. It is an erect annual plant that grows from 4 to 15 cm tall. Obovate leaves, about 4-10 per plant, form a basal rosette. The leaves are generally 5-12 mm long and 2.5-5.5 mm wide. This species generally has one to two scapes and cymose inflorescences that are 4-15 cm long. Flowers are white. "S. accedens" is found around and northeast of Katherine in the Northern Territory of Australia. Its typical habitat is a shallow, sandy soil on a sandstone plateau. It flowers in the southern hemisphere from June to July. "S. accedens" is most closely related to "S. simulans".

See also

* List of "Stylidium" species

References