Stylidium lobuliflorum

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Stylidium lobuliflorum
Conservation status
Secure[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Stylidiaceae
Subfamily: Stylidioideae
Genus: Stylidium
Subgenus: Andersonia
Section: Andersonia
Species: S. lobuliflorum
Binomial name
Stylidium lobuliflorum
F.Muell. 1859
Synonyms

Candollea lobuliflora
(F.Muell.) F.Muell.

Stylidium lobuliflorum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium (family Stylidiaceae) 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 generally 6-9.5 mm long and 4-6.5 mm wide. This species generally has one to three scapes and cymose inflorescences that are 12-20 cm long. Flowers are pink or mauve. S. lobuliflorum's native range is concentrated in and around Kimberley in Western Australia and extends to the Northern Territory. Its habitat has been reported as being seepage areas, streambanks, sandstone pavement, or sandy depressions. It flowers in the southern hemisphere from April to August. S. lobuliflorum is most closely related to S. schizanthum.[1]

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