Stylidium confertum

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 = "Tenella"
species = "S. confertum"
binomial = "Stylidium confertum"
binomial_authority = A.R.Bean 2000

"Stylidium confertum" is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus "Stylidium" (family Stylidiaceae). The specific epithet "confertum" refers to this species' crowded cluster of leaves at the base of the stem. It is an annual plant that grows from 6 to 21 cm tall. Linear or deltate leaves, about 15-100 per plant, are scattered along the elongate, glabrous stem. The leaves are generally 1.5-4 mm long and 0.2-0.7 mm wide. Petioles and scapes are absent. Inflorescences are 3-13 cm long. Flowers are white and bloom from April to May. "S. confertum" is only known from a couple populations in the wet tropic of northern Queensland from Tully and Cooktown. Its habitat is recorded as being damp, rocky creekbanks or open rock faces that are dominated by mosses and other species such as "Micraira subulifolia" and grow at altitudes from 100 to 880 metres. "S. confertum" is most closely related to "S. fissilobum" but differs mostly in the amount of leaves present at the base of the stem and corolla shape and size.

See also

* List of "Stylidium" species

References