- Levenhookia pauciflora
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Levenhookia pauciflora 
Scientific classification 
Kingdom: Plantae clade: Angiosperms clade: Eudicots clade: Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Stylidiaceae Genus: Levenhookia Section: Levenhookia Species: L. pauciflora Binomial name Levenhookia pauciflora
Benth.Synonyms L. stylidioides F.Muell.
Levenhookia pauciflora, the deceptive stylewort, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Levenhookia (family Stylidiaceae). It is an ephemeral annual that grows from 5 to 10 cm tall with ovate to suborbicular leaves. Flowers are white and bloom from September to November in its native range. L. pauciflora is endemic to Western Australia where it grows in sandy soils in sandstone or granitic areas.[1][2] The flowers of L. pauciflora resemble those of Stylidium ecorne and it has been said that S. ecorne mimics L. pauciflora to take advantage of its pollinators.[3]
References
- ^ Paczkowska, Grazyna. (1996). Levenhookia pauciflora Benth. FloraBase, Western Australian Herbarium, Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. Accessed online: 23 August 2007.
- ^ Mildbraed, J. (1908). Stylidiaceae. In: Engler, A. Das Pflanzenreich: Regni vegetabilis conspectus. IV. 278. Leipzig.
- ^ Carlquist, S. (1969). Studies in Stylidiaceae: New taxa, field observations, evolutionary tendencies. Aliso, 7(1): 13-64.
Categories:- Eudicots of Western Australia
- Levenhookia
- Plants described in 1837
- Asterales stubs
- Western Australian plant stubs
- Australian asterid stubs
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