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Stylidium hispidum

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Genus
  
Stylidium

Section
  
Lineares

Rank
  
Species

Family
  
Stylidiaceae

Subgenus
  
Tolypangium

Scientific name
  
Stylidium hispidum

Order
  
Asterales

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Similar
  
Stylidium, Stylidium affine, Stylidium calcaratum, Stylidium turbinatum, Stylidium scandens

Stylidium hispidum (the white butterfly triggerplant) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium (family Stylidiaceae). 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. The scape is reddish, from six to thirty cm tall ending in a somewhat branched raceme giving rise to white or cream-colored flowers, which have red spots near the throat of the flower. The primary habitat for S. hispidum includes jarrah forests, gravelly loams, and light sandy soils.

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Stylidium hispidum Wikipedia