Stylidium claytonioides

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 = "Uniflora"
species = "S. claytonioides"
binomial = "Stylidium claytonioides"
binomial_authority = W.Fitzg. 1918

"Stylidium claytonioides" is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus "Stylidium" (family Stylidiaceae). It is an annual plant that grows from 15 to 27 cm tall. The linear leaves, about 9-30 per plant, are mostly in terminal rosettes but with some scattered along the elongate, glabrous stem. The leaves are generally 12-24 mm long and 0.7-1 mm wide. Petioles are absent. This species produces one to six scapes per plant. Inflorescences are 10-18 cm long and produces a single pink and mauve flower that blooms from May to June in the southern hemisphere. "S. claytonioides" is endemic to the Kimberley region in Western Australia. Its habitat is recorded as being seasonal swamps near sandstone outcropings and near creekbanks.

See also

* List of "Stylidium" species

References