- Levenhookia stipitata
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Levenhookia stipitata 
Illustration from Johannes Mildbraed's 1908 monograph on the Stylidiaceae. Scientific classification 
Kingdom: Plantae clade: Angiosperms clade: Eudicots clade: Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Stylidiaceae Genus: Levenhookia Section: Coleostylis Species: L. stipitata Binomial name Levenhookia stipitata
(Sond.) F.Muell.Synonyms - Coleostylis umbellulata Sond.
- Stylidium stipitatum Benth.
Levenhookia stipitata, the common stylewort, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Levenhookia (family Stylidiaceae). It is an ephemeral annual that grows about 7 to 10 cm tall with oblanceolate to linear leaves. Flowers are pink and bloom from August to January in its native range. L. stipitata is endemic to southwestern Western Australia where it grows in granitic or lateritic soils. This species was first described by George Bentham in 1837 as Stylidium stipitatum and was later reclassified into the genus Coleostylis, which was placed into synonymy with the genus Levenhookia.[1][2]
References
- ^ Paczkowska, Grazyna. (1996). Levenhookia stipitata (Sond.) F.Muell. FloraBase, Western Australian Herbarium, Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. Accessed online: 28 August 2007.
- ^ Mildbraed, J. (1908). Stylidiaceae. In: Engler, A. Das Pflanzenreich: Regni vegetabilis conspectus. IV. 278. Leipzig.
Categories:- Eudicots of Western Australia
- Levenhookia
- Asterales stubs
- Western Australian plant stubs
- Australian asterid stubs
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