Stylidium diffusum

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. diffusum"
binomial = "Stylidium diffusum"
binomial_authority = R.Br. 1810
synonyms ="Candollea diffusa":(R.Br.) F.Muell. 1883

"Stylidium diffusum" is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus "Stylidium" (family Stylidiaceae). It is an annual plant that grows from 3 to 14 cm tall. Linear or deltate leaves, about 5-20 per plant, are scattered along the elongate, glabrous stem. The leaves are generally 2-8 mm long and 0.4-1.7 mm wide. Petioles and scapes are absent. Inflorescences are 1.5-8 cm long. Flowers are pink, white, or mauve and bloom from March to September in the southern hemisphere. "S. diffusum"'s distribution is scattered along the east coast of Queensland and has populations recorded from Elcho Island and Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory in Australia. It has been recorded as growing in "Melaleuca viridiflora" woodlands, soakage areas in eucalypt woodlands, on swamp edges, and on damp sandy creekbanks. "S. diffusum" is most closely related to "S. tenellum".

See also

* List of "Stylidium" species

References