Stylidium divergens

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. divergens"
binomial = "Stylidium divergens"
binomial_authority = A.R.Bean 2000

"Stylidium divergens" is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus "Stylidium" (family Stylidiaceae) that was described as a new species in 2000. The specific epithet "divergens" means diverging or separating, referring to the widely spreading posterior petals. It is an erect annual plant that grows from 7 to 27 cm tall. Obovate, orbicular, or elliptical leaves, about 2-6 per plant, form a basal rosette. The leaves are generally 4-21 mm long and 3-5 mm wide. This species generally has one to six scapes and cymose inflorescences that are 4-24 cm long. Flowers are white or mauve. "S. divergens" is endemic to Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia. Its typical habitats are sandstone slopes and gullies. It flowers in the southern hemisphere in April. "S. divergens" is most closely related to "S. accedens".

See also

* List of "Stylidium" species

References