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Levenhookia pusilla

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Clade
  
Eudicots

Order
  
Asterales

Scientific name
  
Levenhookia pusilla

Clade
  
Angiosperms

Clade
  
Asterids

Family
  
Stylidiaceae

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Levenhookia, Stylidiaceae, Stylidium

Levenhookia pusilla, the midget stylewort or tiny stylewort, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Levenhookia (family Stylidiaceae). It is an ephemeral annual that grows about 5 to 6 cm tall with suborbicular to ovate-spathulate leaves. Flowers are pink to white and bloom from September to December in its native range. L. pusilla is endemic to southwestern Western Australia and South Australia where it grows in granitic or lateritic soils.

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Levenhookia pusilla Wikipedia