Stylidium productum
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Stylidium 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.
It features an unusual form of pollination. Where the style and two anthers strike an insect landing on the flower, which is then showered with pollen.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Occasionally seen near Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, growing on soils derived from Hawkesbury Sandstone.
Flowers appear in spring and summer, having five pink petals, but one is very small.
It features an unusual form of pollination. Where the style and two anthers strike an insect landing on the flower, which is then showered with pollen.