Stylidium schoenoides explained

Stylidium schoenoides is a species of dicotyledon plant of the Stylidium genus, from Stylidiaceae family, Asterales order, first described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1839.[1] The plant is endemic to Western Australia.

Description

Stylidium schoenoides is a perennial herb growing to a height from .15 to 0.5 m high. The leaves form a rosette and are 14–35 cm by 1-1.8 mm and hairless, though there are membraneous scale leaves present at base of mature leaves. The flower stalk has glandular hairs and long soft weak hairs. The white-cream flowers may be seen from August to November.

Habitat

It grows on sand, sandy loam, and granite, on hillslopes, dunes, and plains, in forests, heaths, woodland and shrublands.[2]

References

  1. Web site: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist.. Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed). 2014. Species 2000: Reading, UK.. 26 May 2014.
  2. Web site: FloraBase—the Western Australian Flora. Western Australian Herbarium. Biodiversity and Conservation Science. florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. en. 2020-03-01.

Web site: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist.. Roskov Y. . Kunze T. . Orrell T. . Abucay L. . Paglinawan L. . Culham A. . Bailly N. . Kirk P. . Bourgoin T. . Baillargeon G. . Decock W. . De Wever A. . Didžiulis V.. 2014. Species 2000: Reading, UK.. 26 May 2014. [3] World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World