Levenhookia chippendalei is a dicotyledon

Dicotyledon

The dicotyledons, also known as dicots, are a group of flowering plants whose seed typically has two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. There are around 199,350 species within this group...

ous plant

Plant

Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...

 that belongs to the genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 Levenhookia

Levenhookia

Levenhookia, also known as the styleworts, is a genus of ten recognized species in the family Stylidiaceae and is endemic to Australia. The genus is restricted to Western Australia almost exclusively with a few exceptions: L. pusillas range extends into South Australia, L. dubias range extends...

(family Stylidiaceae

Stylidiaceae

The family Stylidiaceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants. It consists of five genera with over 240 species, most of which are endemic to Australia and New Zealand. Members of Stylidiaceae are typically grass-like herbs or small shrubs and can be perennials or annuals...

). It is named after its discoverer, George Chippendale

George Chippendale

George Chippendale , was an Australian botanist and a strong proponent of growing Australian Native plants. As well as a career in botany, he also taught his love of botany to all who would listen through talks to children, special interest groups, walks on Canberra'a Black Mountain and more...

, founder of the Northern Territory Herbarium. It grows from 8 to 18 cm tall with oblanceolate

Leaf shape

In botany, leaf shape is characterised with the following terms :* Acicular : Slender and pointed, needle-like* Acuminate : Tapering to a long point...

 leaves near the base of the plant. The few leaves this species produces are generally 2 mm long. The inflorescence

Inflorescence

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s are racemose

Raceme

A raceme is a type of inflorescence that is unbranched and indeterminate and bears pedicellate flowers — flowers having short floral stalks called pedicels — along the axis. In botany, axis means a shoot, in this case one bearing the flowers. In a raceme, the oldest flowers are borne...

. Flowers are pink with 4–5 mm long petals. The sensitive labellum

Labellum

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 is hood-like and dark red with yellow appendages. L. chippendalei is most closely related to L. preissii

Levenhookia preissii

Levenhookia preissii, Preiss's stylewort, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Levenhookia . It is an ephemeral annual that grows about 15 cm tall with oblanceolate to linear leaves. Flowers are pink to red and bloom from September to January in its native range. L...

but differs in flower morphology. It shares a similar floral arrangement with Levenhookia stipitata

Levenhookia stipitata

Levenhookia stipitata, the common stylewort, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Levenhookia . 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...

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L. chippendalei is the only species in the genus to be recorded from the Northern Territory

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...

. It has also been recorded from many locations in Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

 and given a status of "not threatened" by FloraBase

FloraBase

FloraBase is a public access web-based database of the flora of Western Australia. It provides authoritative scientific information on 12,978 taxa, including descriptions, maps, images, conservation status and nomenclatural details...

because of that wide abundance.