Stylidium prophyllum

Taxobox


image_caption =
status = P3
status_system = DECF
status_ref = [FloraBase|name="Stylidium prophyllum"|id=17580]
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Stylidiaceae
genus = "Stylidium"
subgenus = "Andersonia"
sectio = "Tenella"
species = "S. prophyllum"
binomial = "Stylidium prophyllum"
binomial_authority = Lowrie & Kenneally 1997

"Stylidium prophyllum" is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus "Stylidium" (family Stylidiaceae). It is an annual plant that grows from 8 to 30 cm tall. The deltate leaves, about 4-10 per plant, are scattered along the elongate, glabrous stem and are generally 0.7-1.5 mm long and 0.3-0.6 mm wide. Petioles and scapes are absent. Inflorescences are 3-14 cm long and produce pink flowers that bloom from February to June in the southern hemisphere. "S. prophyllum" is endemic to the area in and around the Kimberley region in Western Australia. Its habitat is recorded as being "grassy floodplains, seepage areas, and waterways." "S. prophyllum" is most closely related to "S. fissilobum" but differs mostly in its glabrous sepals.Bean, A.R. (2000). A revision of "Stylidium" subg. "Andersonia" (R.Br. ex G.Don) Mildbr. (Stylidiaceae). "Austrobaileya" 5(4): 589-649.]

See also

* List of "Stylidium" species

References