Levenhookia leptantha

Taxobox
name = trumpet stylewort


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Stylidiaceae
genus = "Levenhookia"
sectio = "Estipitatae"
species = "L. leptantha"
binomial = "Levenhookia leptantha"
binomial_authority = Benth. 1869

"Levenhookia leptantha", the trumpet stylewort, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus "Levenhookia" (family Stylidiaceae). It is an ephemeral annual that grows from 2 to 6 cm tall with ovate to lanceolate leaves that are generally 2-5 mm long. Flowers are pink and bloom from September to October in its native range. It is endemic to Western Australia. Its habitat has been reported as being sand or sandy clay soils in granite outcrops and winter-wet depressions.Paczkowska, Grazyna. (1996). [http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/flora?f=343&level=s&id=7671 "Levenhookia leptantha" Benth.] FloraBase, Western Australian Herbarium, Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. Accessed online: 11 August 2007.] Mildbraed, J. (1908). Stylidiaceae. In: Engler, A. "Das Pflanzenreich: Regni vegetabilis conspectus". IV. 278. Leipzig.]

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