Stylidium accedens

Stylidium accedens is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium (family Stylidiaceae). S. accedens is found around and northeast of Katherine in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Stylidium accedens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Stylidiaceae
Genus: Stylidium
Subgenus: Stylidium subg. Andersonia
Section: Stylidium sect. Andersonia
Species:
S. accedens
Binomial name
Stylidium accedens

The specific epithet is from the Latin accedens, which means "resembling", referring to the resemblance of this species to another Stylidium species, S. uliginosum, which it was often confused for in the past. It is an erect annual plant that grows from 4 to 15 cm tall. Obovate leaves, about 4-10 per plant, form a basal rosette. The leaves are generally 5–12 mm long and 2.5-5.5 mm wide. This species generally has one to two scapes and cymose inflorescences that are 4–15 cm long. Flowers are white.

Its typical habitat is a shallow, sandy soil on a sandstone plateau. It flowers in the southern hemisphere from June to July. S. accedens is most closely related to S. simulans. Its conservation status has been assessed as data deficient.[1]

See also

References
  1. Bean, A.R. (2000). A revision of Stylidium subg. Andersonia (R.Br. ex G.Don) Mildbr. (Stylidiaceae). Austrobaileya 5(4): 589-649.


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