Stylidium oviflorum

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

"Stylidium oviflorum" is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus "Stylidium" (family Stylidiaceae). The specific epithet "oviflorum" comes from the Latin "ovi" meaning egg and "florus" meaning flower, which refers to this species flower colouration that resembles a friend egg with bright yellow and pure white colours. It is an annual plant that grows from 6 to 26 cm tall. The linear or deltate leaves, about 3-11 per plant, are scattered along the stem and are generally 1.4-3 mm long and 0.25-0.6 mm wide. Petioles and scapes are absent. Inflorescences are 4-15 cm long and produce white and yellow flowers that bloom from April to August in the southern hemisphere. "S. oviflorum" is endemic to the northern area of Queensland from Mareeba and Wairuna west to Barwidgi. Its habitat is recorded as being sandy soils in seepage areas, on hillsides, or beside creeks in the company of "Melaleuca viridiflora", "Eucalyptus camaldulensis", or "E. cullenii". "S. oviflorum" is most closely related to "S. fissilobum" but differs mostly in the corolla colour and self-supporting stems.

See also

* List of "Stylidium" species

References