List of Stylidium species
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- This article is a list of the triggerplantTriggerplantStylidium is a genus of dicotyledonous plants that belong to the family Stylidiaceae. The genus name Stylidium is derived from the Greek στύλος or stylos , which refers to the distinctive reproductive structure that its flowers possess...
s, the species of the genus Stylidium. For general information on triggerplants, please see the main article on StylidiumTriggerplantStylidium is a genus of dicotyledonous plants that belong to the family Stylidiaceae. The genus name Stylidium is derived from the Greek στύλος or stylos , which refers to the distinctive reproductive structure that its flowers possess...
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Discovery and description of new Stylidium species has been occurring since the late 18th century, the first of which was discovered in Botany Bay
Botany Bay
Botany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, a few kilometres south of the Sydney central business district. The Cooks River and the Georges River are the two major tributaries that flow into the bay...
in 1770 and described by Joseph Banks
Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, PRS was an English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences. He took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage . Banks is credited with the introduction to the Western world of eucalyptus, acacia, mimosa and the genus named after him,...
and Daniel Solander
Daniel Solander
Daniel Carlsson Solander or Daniel Charles Solander was a Swedish naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. Solander was the first university educated scientist to set foot on Australian soil.-Biography:...
. In the early 19th century, the French botanist Charles François Antoine Morren
Charles François Antoine Morren
Charles François Antoine Morren , was a Belgian botanist and horticulturist, and Director of the Jardin botanique de l’Université de Liège....
described triggerplant anatomy, also providing illustrations with the descriptions. As of 2002, only 221 Stylidium species were known. There are now over 300 species, many of which are awaiting formal description.
List of species
- Stylidium accedensStylidium accedensStylidium accedens is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . 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...
- Stylidium aceratumStylidium aceratumStylidium aceratum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It occurs within the south west region of Western Australia...
- Stylidium aciculare
- Stylidium acuminatum
- Syn.: S. spathulatum var. acuminatum
- Stylidium adenophorum
- Stylidium adnatumStylidium adnatumStylidium adnatum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . S. adnatum is endemic to Australia and is found primarily in the southwest region of Western Australia....
: Beaked triggerplant
- S. adnatum var. abbreviatum
- Syn.: S. adnatum var. propinquum
- Syn.: S. fasciculatum : Pale beaked triggerplant
- Stylidium adpressum : Trigger-on-stilts
- Stylidium aeonioides
- Stylidium affineStylidium affineStylidium affine is a species in the genus Stylidium that is endemic to Western Australia.- Description :Stylidium affine is a perennial plant that possesses long erect or recurved lanceolate leaves...
: Queen triggerplant
- Syn.: S. caricifolium var. affine
- Stylidium albolilacinum
- Stylidium albomontis
- Stylidium alsinoidesStylidium alsinoidesStylidium alsinoides is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an erect annual plant that grows from 18 to 30 cm tall. Obovate or elliptical leaves, about 20–100 per plant, are scattered along the elongate, glabrous stems. The leaves are generally...
- Stylidium amabile
- Stylidium amoenum : Lovely (or Beautiful) triggerplant
- S. amoenum var. caulescens
- Stylidium androsaceumStylidium androsaceumStylidium androsaceum is an invalid species name that can refer to:*Stylidium calcaratum, published as S. androsaceum Lindl. in early December 1839.*Stylidium ericksoniae, published as S. androsaceum O.Schwarz in 1927....
- Stylidium angustifolium
- Stylidium applanatum
- Stylidium aquaticumStylidium aquaticumStylidium aquaticum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . The specific epithet aquaticum refers to this species' typical habitat. It is an annual plant that grows from 18 to 30 cm tall. Linear leaves, about 20-100 per plant, are scattered along the elongate, glabrous...
- Stylidium arenicola
- Stylidium armerium
- Stylidium articulatum : Stout triggerplant
- Stylidium assimile : Bronze-leaved triggerplant
- Stylidium austrocapenseStylidium austrocapenseStylidium austrocapense is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . The specific epithet austrocapense refers to this species' native range on the southern part of Cape York Peninsula in Australia. It is an herbaceous annual plant that grows from 9 to 18 cm tall...
- Stylidium barleei : Tooth-leaved triggerplant
- Stylidium bauthas
- Stylidium beaugleholei
- Stylidium begoniifolium
- Stylidium bellidifolium
- Stylidium bellum
- Stylidium bicolor
- Stylidium breviscapum : Boomerang triggerplant
- Stylidium androsaceum
- Syn.: S. breviscapum var. erythrocalyx
- Stylidium brunonianum : Pink fountain triggerplant
- Stylidium brunonis
- Stylidium bryoides
- Stylidium bulbiferum : Circus triggerplant
- Syn.: S. recurvum
- Stylidium burbidgeanum
- Stylidium buxifolium
- Stylidium caespitosum : Fly-away triggerplant
- Stylidium calcaratumStylidium calcaratumStylidium calcaratum, the book triggerplant, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an ephemeral annual that grows from 5 to 10 cm tall but can grow larger at 20–30 cm tall in damp forest or scrub habitat. The few ovate leaves produced by this plant form...
: Book triggerplant - Stylidium candelabrumStylidium candelabrumStylidium candelabrum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an erect annual plant that grows from 6 to 20 cm tall. Elliptical leaves, about 11-100 per plant, are scattered along the stem. The leaves are generally 2.5-18 mm long and 1.5-9 mm wide...
- Stylidium capillareStylidium capillareStylidium capillare is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an annual plant that grows from 6 to 13 cm tall. Obovate or orbicular leaves, about 4-7 per plant, form basal rosettes around the compressed stems. The leaves are generally 1.5–5 mm long and...
- Stylidium caricifolium : Milkmaids
- Stylidium carlquistii
- Stylidium carnosum : Fleshy-leaved triggerplant
- Stylidium caulescens
- Stylidium centrolepoides
- Stylidium ceratophorumStylidium ceratophorumStylidium ceratophorum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an annual plant that is endemic to the Kimberley region of Western Australia and northern parts of the Northern Territory. It attains a height of 12–30 cm with a basal rosette of small leaves...
- Stylidium chiddarcoopingense
- Stylidium chinense
- Stylidium choreanthum : Dancing triggerplant
- Stylidium cicatricosum
- Stylidium ciliatum : Golden triggerplant
- Syn.: S. saxifragoides
- Stylidium cilium
- Syn.: S. bulbiferum var. ciliatum
- Stylidium clarksonii
- Stylidium clavatum
- Syn.: S. luteum var. clavatum
- Stylidium claytonioidesStylidium claytonioidesStylidium claytonioides is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an annual plant that grows from 15 to 27 cm tall. The linear leaves, about 9-30 per plant, are mostly in terminal rosettes but with some scattered along the elongate, glabrous stem. The leaves are...
- Stylidium coatesianum
- Stylidium compressum
- Stylidium confertumStylidium confertumStylidium confertum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . The specific epithet confertum refers to this species' crowded cluster of leaves at the base of the stem. It is an annual plant that grows from 6 to 21 cm tall. Linear or deltate leaves, about 15-100 per plant,...
- Stylidium confluens
- Stylidium cordifoliumStylidium cordifoliumStylidium cordifolium is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an erect annual plant that grows from 15 to 45 cm tall. Obovate or orbicular leaves, about 8-40 per plant, are scattered along the stems. The leaves are generally 3.5–8 mm long and about as wide...
- Stylidium coroniforme : Wongan Hills triggerplant
- Stylidium corymbosum : Whitecaps
- Stylidium costulatum
- Stylidium crassifolium : Thick-leaved triggerplant
- Stylidium crossocephalum : Posy triggerplant
- Stylidium cuneiformis
- Stylidium curtum
- Stylidium cygnorum
- Stylidium claytonioides
- Syn.: S. adpressum var. patens
- Stylidium cymiferum
- Stylidium daphne
- Stylidium darwiniiStylidium darwiniiStylidium darwinii is a small, erect annual plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It grows up to tall. Elliptic-oblong or obovate to orbicular leaves are scattered and alternate along the simple, glabrous stem. The leaves are generally 2-3 mm long and 1.5-1.8 mm wide...
- Stylidium debileStylidium debileStylidium debile, commonly known as the frail triggerplant, is a carnivorous, dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . S. debile is endemic to coastal areas in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia....
- Stylidium delicatum
- Stylidium desertorum
- Stylidium despectum : Dwarf triggerplant
- Stylidium diademum
- Stylidium diceratumStylidium diceratumStylidium diceratum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . The specific epithet diceratum is Greek for "two horns", referring to the two appendages that are present on the bend of the gynostemium. It is an annual plant that grows from 15 to 35 cm tall...
- Stylidium dichotomum : Pins-and-needles
- Syn.: S. hookeri
- Syn.: S. mucronifolium
- Stylidium dicksonii
- Stylidium dielsianum : Tangle triggerplant
- Stylidium diffusumStylidium diffusumStylidium diffusum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an annual plant that grows from 3 to 14 cm tall. Linear or deltate leaves, about 5-20 per plant, are scattered along the elongate, glabrous stem. The leaves are generally 2-8 mm long and...
- Stylidium dilatatum
- Stylidium diplectroglossum
- Syn.: S. repens var. diplectroglossum
- Stylidium dispermum
- Stylidium diuroides : Donkey triggerplant
- Stylidium divaricatum : Daddy-long-legs
- Syn.: S. streptocarpum
- Stylidium divergensStylidium divergensStylidium divergens is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium that was described as a new species in 2000. The specific epithet divergens means diverging or separating, referring to the widely spreading posterior petals. It is an erect annual plant that grows from 7 to...
- Stylidium diversifolium : Touch-me-not
- Stylidium drummondianum
- Stylidium dunlopianumStylidium dunlopianumStylidium dunlopianum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an erect perennial plant that grows from 15 to 50 cm tall. Obovate leaves, about 6-12 per plant, form a basal rosette with some scattered along the stem. The leaves are generally 20–60 mm long and...
- Stylidium ecorneStylidium ecorneStylidium ecorne is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an annual plant that grows from 5 to 12 cm tall. It has pale or bright pink flowers and occurs in swampy areas.- Taxonomy :S...
: Foot triggerplant - Stylidium edentatumStylidium edentatumStylidium edentatum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an annual plant that grows around 6 cm tall. The elliptical leaves form a basal rosettes around the stem. The leaves are around 0.3-0.8 mm long with recurved margins...
- Stylidium eglandulosum : Wooly-stemmed triggerplant
- Stylidium elongatum : Tall triggerplant
- Stylidium divergens
- Syn.: S. crassifolium var. elongatum
- Stylidium emarginatum
- Stylidium ensatumStylidium ensatumStylidium ensatum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium that was described as a new species by A.R. Bean in 2000, though the taxon had been noted by Rica Erickson in her discussion of S. muscicola variation in 1958...
- Stylidium ericksoniaeStylidium ericksoniaeStylidium ericksoniae is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an annual plant that grows from 6 to 15 cm tall. The linear or deltate leaves, about 20-100 per plant, are mostly in terminal rosettes but with some scattered along the elongate stem...
- Stylidium eripodum
- Stylidium eriorhizumStylidium eriorhizumStylidium eriorhizum is a species that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an herbaceous perennial plant that grows from 12 to 25 cm tall. Spathulate to oblanceolate leaves, about 20-100 per plant, form a basal rosette with stems greatly reduced. The leaves are generally 20-60 mm long...
- Stylidium evolutum
- Stylidium exiguum
- Stylidium expeditionis : Tutanning triggerplant
- Stylidium falcatum : Slender beaked triggerplant
- Stylidium ferricola
- Stylidium fimbriatumStylidium fimbriatumStylidium fimbriatum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an erect annual plant that grows from 15 to 30 cm tall. Oblanceolate leaves, about 16 per plant, form a basal rosette around the compressed stems. The leaves are generally 5–20 mm long and...
- Stylidium fissilobumStylidium fissilobumStylidium fissilobum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an annual plant that grows from 5 to 50 cm tall. Linear or deltate leaves, about 4-34 per plant, are scattered along the elongate, glabrous stem. The leaves are generally 1–6 mm long and...
- Stylidium flagellum
- Stylidium floodii
- Stylidium floribundumStylidium floribundumStylidium floribundum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an herbaceous annual plant that grows from 7 to 18 cm tall. Oblanceolate or obovate leaves, about 6-30 per plant, form a basal rosette with stems absent. The leaves are generally 8–48 mm long and...
- Stylidium flumense
- Stylidium fluminenseStylidium fluminenseStylidium fluminense is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an erect annual plant that grows from 15 to 30 cm tall. Elliptical leaves, about 10-40 per plant, are scattered along the stems. The leaves are generally 5–19 mm long and 1.5–6 mm wide...
- Stylidium foveolatum
- Stylidium fruticosum
- Stylidium galioides : Yellow mountain triggerplant
- Stylidium glabrifolium
- Stylidium glandulosum : Bushy triggerplant
- Stylidium glandulosissimum
- Syn.: S. luteum var. glandulosum
- Syn.: S. spathulatum var. glandulosum
- Stylidium glaucum : Grey triggerplant
- Stylidium graminifoliumStylidium graminifoliumStylidium graminifolium, the grass triggerplant, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . This species used to belong to the Stylidium graminifolium complex, but the name was conserved for this single species when two others were split from the complex and introduced as new...
: Grass triggerplant
- Syn.: S. armeria
- Stylidium guttatum : Dotted triggerplant
- Stylidium gypsophiloides
- Stylidium hebegynum
- Stylidium hirsutum : Hairy triggerplant
- Stylidium hispidumStylidium hispidumStylidium hispidum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . S. hispidum is endemic to Australia and is found primarily in southwest Western Australia near Perth. This species is a basally rosetted triggerplant with greyish, linear leaves growing up to three cm...
: White butterfly triggerplant - Stylidium hortiorum
- Stylidium hugelii
- Stylidium humphreysii
- Stylidium imbricatumStylidium imbricatumStylidium imbricatum, the tile-leaved triggerplant, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an herbaceous perennial that grows from 12–50 cm tall and has divided stems covered with tile-like leaves that are arranged in a spiral formation around the stem...
: Tile-leaved triggerplant - Stylidium inaequipetalumStylidium inaequipetalumStylidium inaequipetalum, the Ayers Rock triggerplant, is a small herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Stylidium. It grows from tall. Oblanceolate leaves, about 20-100 per plant, form a basal rosette with stems absent. The leaves are generally 15-81 mm long and 2-8 mm wide. This...
- Stylidium inconspicuumStylidium inconspicuumStylidium inconspicuum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an annual plant that grows from 5 to 20 cm tall. Obovate or elliptical leaves, about 5-30 per plant, are scattered along the elongate, glabrous stem. The leaves are generally 4-8 mm long and...
- Stylidium induratum : Desert triggerplant
- Stylidium insensitivum : Isensitive triggerplant
- Stylidium inundatum : Hundreds and Thousands
- Syn.: S. brachyphyllum
- Stylidium inversiflorum
- Stylidium involucratum
- Syn.: * S. stowardii
- Stylidium ireneae
- Stylidium javanicumStylidium javanicumStylidium javanicum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an erect annual plant that grows from 5 to 21 cm tall. Obovate or elliptical leaves, about 10-30 per plant, are scattered along the stems. The leaves are generally 1.7-4.5 mm long and 0.9-2.1 mm...
- Stylidium junceum : Reed triggerplant
- Syn.: S. junceum var. brevius
- Stylidium kalbarriense
- Stylidium keigheryi
- Stylidium korijekup
- Stylidium kunthiiStylidium kunthiiStylidium kunthii is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium and is one of the few species in the genus that is not native to Australia. It is an erect annual plant that grows from 8 to 20 cm tall. Obovate, orbicular, or obleanceolate leaves, about 5-15 per plant, form...
- Stylidium lachnopodum
- Stylidium laciniatum : Tattered triggerplant
- Stylidium laricifoliumStylidium laricifoliumStylidium laricifolium is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . 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 meters tall in a bushy form. Flowering in the spring, S...
: Tree (or Larch-leaf) triggerplant
- Syn.: S. ternifolium
- Stylidium lateriticola
- Stylidium lehmannianum
- Stylidium leiophyllum
- Stylidium lepidum : Redcaps
- Stylidium leptobotrydium
- Stylidium leptobotrys
- Stylidium leptocalyx : Slender-calyxed triggerplant
- Stylidium leptophyllum : Needle-leaved triggerplant
- Stylidium leptorrhizumStylidium leptorrhizumStylidium leptorrhizum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an herbaceous annual plant that grows from 8 to 25 cm tall. Oblanceolate or elliptical leaves, about 10-20 per plant, form a basal rosette with stems absent. The leaves are generally 14–60 mm long...
- Syn.: S. barrettiorum
- Stylidium leptostachyum
- Stylidium lessonii
- Stylidium leeuwinenseStylidium leeuwinenseStylidium leeuwinense is a species that belongs to the genus Stylidium . The specific epithet leeuwinense refers to the Cape Leeuwin region in Western Australia where the type location for this species is...
- Stylidium limbatum : Fringed-leaved triggerplant
- Stylidium lindleyanum
- Stylidium lineare : Narrow-leaved triggerplant
- Stylidium lineatum : Sunny triggerplant
- Stylidium lobuliflorumStylidium lobuliflorumStylidium lobuliflorum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium that was described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859. It is an erect annual plant that grows from 12 to 20 cm tall. Obovate or orbicular leaves, about 4-15 per plant, form basal rosettes. The leaves are...
- Stylidium longibracteatum : Long-bracted triggerplant
- Stylidium longicornuStylidium longicornuStylidium longicornu is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an annual plant that grows from 10 to 30 cm tall. The obovate to spathulate leaves form a basal rosettes around the stem. The leaves are around 4–6 mm long...
- Stylidium longifolium
- Stylidium longissimumStylidium longissimumStylidium longissimum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . The specific epithet is from the Latin longissimus, which means "very long" and refers to this species' long capsules that can be up to 15 mm long excluding the sepals. The capsules may be the longest in the...
- Stylidium longitubum : Jumping Jacks
- Stylidium lowrieanum
- Stylidium luteum : Yellow triggerplant
- Stylidium macranthum : Crab claws
- Stylidium maitlandianum : Fountain triggerplant
- Stylidium majus
- Stylidium marginatum
- Stylidium maritimum
- Stylidium marradongenseStylidium marradongenseStylidium marradongense is a species that belongs to the genus Stylidium . The specific epithet leeuwinense refers to the Marradong region in Western Australia where the species is located...
- Stylidium megacarpum
- Syn.: S. bulbiferum var. macrocarpum
- Stylidium melastachys
- Stylidium merrallii : Merralls triggerplant
- Stylidium mimeticum
- Stylidium miniatum : Pink butterfly triggerplant
- Stylidium minus
- Stylidium mitchellii
- Stylidium mitrasacmoidesStylidium mitrasacmoidesStylidium mitrasacmoides is a taxonomic synonym that has been applied to the following species:* Stylidium nominatum - Stylidium mitrasacmoides is an illegitimate name applied to this species and was described in 1979, later being renamed to avoid the earlier usage.* Stylidium tenerrimum -...
- Stylidium montanum
- Stylidium mucronatum
- Stylidium multiscapumStylidium multiscapumStylidium multiscapum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an herbaceous annual plant that grows from 10 to 20 cm tall. Oblanceolate leaves, about 8-100 per plant, form a basal rosette with stems absent. The leaves are generally 22–52 mm long and...
- Stylidium muscicolaStylidium muscicolaStylidium muscicola is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium that was described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859. It is an erect annual plant that grows from 5 to 33 cm tall. Obovate or orbicular leaves, about 4-20 per plant, form terminal rosettes with some scattered...
- Stylidium neglectum : Neglected triggerplant
- Stylidium nominatumStylidium nominatumStylidium nominatum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an annual plant that grows from 4 to 15 cm tall. The oblanceolate leaves, about 5-15 per plant, form basal rosettes around the stem and are 2.5-9 mm long, 0.5-1.5 mm wide...
- Stylidium nonscandens
- Stylidium notabile
- Stylidium nudum
- Stylidium nunagarensis : Nungarin triggerplant
- Syn.: S. caricifolium var. nungarinense
- Stylidium nymphaeum
- Stylidium obtusatum : Pinafore triggerplant
- S. obtusatum var. rubricalyx
- Syn.: S. rubricalyx : Apron triggerplant
- S. obtusatum var. obtusatum
- Syn.: S. asteroideum : Star triggerplant
- Syn.: S. bolgartense
- Stylidium ornatumStylidium ornatumStylidium ornatum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an herbaceous annual or perennial that grows from 10 to 30 cm tall. Oblanceolate leaves, about 5-25 per plant, form either a basal rosette with stems absent or in terminal rosettes when plant stems are...
- Stylidium osculum
- Stylidium oviflorumStylidium oviflorumStylidium oviflorum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . The specific epithet oviflorum comes from the Latin ovi meaning egg and florus meaning flower, which refers to this species flower colouration that resembles a fried egg with bright yellow and pure white colours...
- Stylidium pachyrrhizumStylidium pachyrrhizumStylidium pachyrrhizum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium that was described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859. It is an erect annual plant that grows from 15 to 40 cm tall. Obovate or oblanceolate leaves, about 5-30 per plant, are scattered along the stems. The...
- Stylidium paniculatumStylidium paniculatumStylidium paniculatum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an herbaceous annual that grows from 10 to 35 cm tall. Oblanceolate or obovate leaves, about 6-30 per plant, form either a basal rosette with stems absent or in terminal rosettes when plant stems are...
- Stylidium paulineae
- Stylidium pedunculatumStylidium pedunculatumStylidium pedunculatum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an annual plant that grows from 5 to 10 cm tall. The linear or deltate leaves, about 20-200 per plant, are mostly in terminal rosettes but with some scattered along the elongate stem. The leaves are...
- Stylidium pendulum
- Stylidium periscelianthum : Pantaloon triggerplant
- Stylidium perizosteraStylidium perizosteraStylidium perizostera is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an annual plant that grows from 5 to 11 cm tall. The linear leaves, about 8-12 per plant, are mostly in terminal rosettes but with some scattered along the elongate, glabrous stem. The leaves are around...
- Stylidium perminutum
- Stylidium perplexumStylidium perplexumStylidium perplexum is a species of triggerplant that is endemic to south-west Western Australia. It is a tuberous species that has many stems and has been described as "somewhat shrubby" at 15-40 cm tall. The linear leaves can be 2 cm long and are arranged around the stem in a rosette at...
- Stylidium perpusillumStylidium perpusillumStylidium perpusillum, the tiny triggerplant, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium , that occurs in south west Western Australia....
: Tiny triggerplant - Stylidium petiolare : Horned triggerplant
- Stylidium piliferum : Common butterfly triggerplant
- Stylidium pingrupense
- Stylidium planifolium
- Stylidium plantagineum : Plantagenet triggerplant
- Stylidium ornatum
- Syn.: S. elegans
- Stylidium polystachium
- Stylidium preissiiStylidium preissiiStylidium preissii, the lizard triggerplant, is a species that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an herbaceous perennial that grows from 5–18 cm tall and has divided stems covered with tile-like leaves that are arranged in a spiral formation around the stem. The broadly trullate leaves...
: Lizard triggerplant - Stylidium pritzelianum : Royal triggerplant
- Stylidium productumStylidium productumStylidium productum is a small plant found in eastern Australia. Occasionally seen near Sydney, growing on soils derived from Hawkesbury Sandstone.Flowers appear in spring and summer, having five pink petals, but one is very small....
- Stylidium proliferum
- Stylidium prophyllumStylidium prophyllumStylidium prophyllum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an annual plant that grows from 8 to 30 cm tall. The deltate leaves, about 4-10 per plant, are scattered along the elongate, glabrous stem and are generally 0.7-1.5 mm long and 0.3-0.6 mm wide....
- Stylidium propinquum
- Stylidium pruinosum
- Stylidium pseudocaespitosum
- Stylidium pseudohirsutum
- Stylidium pseudosacculatum
- Stylidium pseudotenellum
- Stylidium pubigerum : Yellow Butterfly triggerplant
- Stylidium pulchellum : Thumbelina triggerplant
- Stylidium pulviniforme
- Stylidium pycnostachyum : Downy triggerplant
- Stylidium pygmaeum : Pygmy triggerplant
- Syn.: S. exoglossum : Tongue triggerplant
- Stylidium quadrifurcatum : Four-pronged triggerplant
- Stylidium ramosissimum
- Stylidium ramosum
- Stylidium reductum
- Stylidium reduplicatum
- Syn.: S. drummondii
- Syn.: S. pilosum : Silky triggerplant
- Stylidium repensStylidium repensStylidium repens is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . S. repens is endemic to Australia and is found primarily in southwest Western Australia. This species is a creeping or scrambling triggerplant, which can spread over large areas as a tangled mat of stems and aerial...
: Matted triggerplant
- Stylidium repens
- Syn.: S. radicans
- Stylidium rhipidium : Fan triggerplant
- Stylidium rhynchocarpum : Black-beaked triggerplant
- Stylidium ricae
- Stylidium rigidulum
- Syn.: S. leptophyllum var. glabrescens
- Syn.: S. macrocarpum : Flagon triggerplant
- Stylidium rivulosum
- Stylidium robustum
- Stylidium roseo-alatum : Pink-wing triggerplant
- Stylidium roseonanum
- Stylidium roseum
- Stylidium rosulatum
- Stylidium rotundifoliumStylidium rotundifoliumStylidium rotundifolium is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an erect annual plant that grows from 4 to 18 cm tall. Obovate or oblanceolate leaves, about 4-17 per plant, form a basal rosette around the compressed stem. The leaves are generally 5–29 mm long...
- Syn.: S. irriguum
- Stylidium rubriscapum
- Stylidium rupestreStylidium rupestreStylidium rupestre is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium , a species sometimes named as the Rock Triggerplant. It is found in Southwest Australia. The species was first described by Otto Wilhelm Sonder....
: Rock triggerplant - Stylidium sacculatum
- Syn.: S. repens var. sacculatum : Locket triggerplant
- Stylidium scabridum : Moth triggerplant
- Syn.: S. laxiflorum
- Stylidium scandensStylidium scandensStylidium scandens is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . S. scandens is endemic to Australia and is found primarily in the southwestern region of Western Australia...
: Climbing triggerplant - Stylidium scariosum
- Stylidium schizanthumStylidium schizanthumStylidium schizanthum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium that was described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859. It is an erect annual plant that grows from 9 to 30 cm tall. Obovate, orbicular, or oblanceolate leaves, about 3-13 per plant, form basal rosettes. The...
- Stylidium schoenoides : Cow Kicks
- Stylidium sejunctum
- Stylidium semaphorumStylidium semaphorumStylidium semaphorum is a species that belongs to the genus Stylidium . The specific epithet semaphorum is Greek for "sign-bearing" and refers to the flower shape, which appears to have to be positioned in a V-shape, a semaphore code for "attention"...
- Stylidium semipartitumStylidium semipartitumStylidium semipartitum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an herbaceous annual or perennial that grows from 9 to 40 cm tall. Oblanceolate, elliptical, or obovate leaves, about 10-30 per plant, form a terminal rosette with stems present and glandular-hairy...
- Stylidium septentrionale
- Stylidium scandens
- Syn.: S. bulbiferum var. septentrionale
- Stylidium serrulatum
- Stylidium setaceum
- Stylidium setigerum
- Stylidium sidjamesii
- Stylidium simulansStylidium simulansStylidium simulans is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium that was described by Sherwin Carlquist in 1979. It is an erect annual plant that grows from 7 to 11 cm tall. Orbicular leaves, about 4-10 per plant, form basal rosettes. The leaves are generally 3-5.5 mm...
- Stylidium sinicum
- Stylidium soboliferumStylidium soboliferumStylidium soboliferum, commonly known as Grampians Triggerplant or Bristly Triggerplant, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Stylidium. It is endemic to the Grampians region in Victoria, Australia. The leaves are about 1 to 2 cm long and are arranged in a small rosette...
- Stylidium spathulatumStylidium spathulatumStylidium spathulatum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . The species is informally named the Creamy Triggerplant for the colour of its flowers....
: Creamy triggerplant - Stylidium spinulosum : Topsy-turvy triggerplant
- Stylidium squamellosum : Maze triggerplant
- Syn.: S. chrysanthum
- Stylidium squamosotuberosum : Fleshy-rhizomed triggerplant
- Stylidium stenophyllumStylidium stenophyllumStylidium stenophyllum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium that was described by A.R. Bean in 2000. It is an erect annual plant that grows from 30 to 40 cm tall. Linear leaves, about 7-25 per plant, are scattered along the stems. The leaves are generally...
- Stylidium stenosepalum
- Stylidium stipitatum
- Stylidium striatum : Fan-leaved triggerplant
- Syn.: S. rigidifolium : Stiff-leaved triggerplant
- Stylidium subulatum
- Stylidium suffruticosum
- Stylidium sulcatum
- Stylidium symonii
- Stylidium tenellumStylidium tenellumStylidium tenellum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an annual plant that grows from 5 to 27 cm tall. The obovate or elliptical leaves, about 6-14 per plant, are scattered along the elongate, glabrous stem and are generally 3.5-8.5 mm long and...
- Stylidium tenerrimumStylidium tenerrimumStylidium tenerrimum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an erect annual plant that grows from 4 to 30 cm tall. Linear, oblanceolate, or deltate leaves, about 5-24 per plant, are scattered along the stems. The leaves are generally 1.2-4.8 mm long and...
- Stylidium tenerumStylidium tenerumStylidium tenerum, the swamp triggerplant, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium that was described by Curt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel in 1826. Robert Brown had described this species in 1810 under the name S. tenellum, a name which had already been used for another species...
- Stylidium tenue
- Syn.: S. brunonianum var. minor
- Stylidium tenuicarpum
- Stylidium tenuifolium
- Stylidium tepperianum
- Stylidium tetrandra
- Stylidium thesioides : Delicate triggerplant
- Syn.: S. canaliculatum
- Stylidium thyrsiforme
- Stylidium tinkeri
- Stylidium torticarpum
- Stylidium trichopodumStylidium trichopodumStylidium trichopodum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It is an annual plant that grows from 6 to 20 cm tall. The linear leaves, about 20-200 per plant, are scattered along the elongate, glabrous stems. The leaves are generally 3-9 mm long and...
- Stylidium turbinatumStylidium turbinatumStylidium turbinatum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . S. turbinatum is endemic to Australia and is found in the northern part of Western Australia in the Kimberley region and near Darwin in the Northern Territory. This species is an erect annual herb that stands...
- Stylidium tylosum
- Stylidium udusicola
- Stylidium uliginosumStylidium uliginosumStylidium uliginosum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium and is one of the few species in the genus that is not native to Australia. It is an erect annual plant that grows from 4 to 15 cm tall. Obovate or elliptical leaves, about 7-16 per plant, form basal rosettes...
- Stylidium umbellatum
- Stylidium uniflorum : Pincushion triggerplant
- Stylidium utriculariodes : Pink fan triggerplant
- Stylidium validum
- Stylidium velleioidesStylidium velleioidesStylidium velleioides is a species that belongs to the genus Stylidium . The specific epithet velleioides is a reference to how sterile material of this species resembles Velleia spathulata. It is an herbaceous annual that grows from 15 to 30 cm tall...
- Stylidium verticillatum: Pink mountain triggerplant
- Stylidium violaceumStylidium violaceumStylidium violaceum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . S. violaceum is endemic to Australia and is found primarily in the southwestern region of Western Australia. It can grow up to 50 cm including the scape. The mostly purple flowers are 10 mm tall and 6 mm broad...
: Violet triggerplant - Stylidium vitiense
- Stylidium warriedarense
- Stylidium weeliwolliStylidium weeliwolliStylidium weeliwolli is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium . It occurs in the North West of Western Australia...
- Stylidium wightianum
- Stylidium wilroyense
- Stylidium xanthopis : Yellow eyed triggerplant
- Stylidium yilgarnense : Yilgarn triggerplant
- Syn.: S. glanduliferum
- Stylidium zeicolor : Maize triggerplant
External links
- International Plant Names IndexIPNIThe International Plant Names Index is a database of botanical names. It indexes names of seed plants, ferns and "fern allies". Coverage is best at the rank of species and genus...
(IPNI) list of published Stylidium species names. - Western Australia's Flora Base list of Stylidium species.