Stylidium laricifolium
Stylidium laricifolium, the larch-leaf or tree triggerplant, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium (family Stylidiaceae). S. laricifolium is endemic to Australia and is found primarily on the east coast of Australia from Queensland through Victoria. It can grow up to 1.5 metres tall in a bushy form. Flowering in the spring, S. laricifolium displays inflorescences consisting of ten to thirty pink flowers. Each flower is about 10 mm wide and 4 mm deep. The species name, laricifolium refers to the long, narrow leaves, which resemble the leaf form of the genus Larix, the larches.[1]
| Stylidium laricifolium | |
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| S. laricifolium print from William Jackson Hooker's 1823 Exotic Flora. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Stylidiaceae |
| Genus: | Stylidium |
| Subgenus: | Stylidium subg. Tolypangium |
| Section: | Stylidium sect. Sparsifoliae |
| Species: | S. laricifolium |
| Binomial name | |
| Stylidium laricifolium | |
See also
References
- Darnowski, Douglas W. (2002). Triggerplants. Australia: Rosenberg Publishing.
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