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Stylidium laricifolium

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Stylidiaceae

Subgenus
  
Tolypangium

Scientific name
  
Stylidium laricifolium

Order
  
Asterales

Genus
  
Stylidium

Section
  
Sparsifoliae

Rank
  
Species

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Stylidium scandens, Stylidium turbinatum, Stylidium calcaratum, Stylidium affine, Stylidium graminifolium

Stylidium laricifolium (the larch-leaf or tree triggerplant) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium (family Stylidiaceae). S. laricifolium is endemic to Australia and is found primarily on the east coast of Australia from Queensland through Victoria. It can grow up to 1.5 metres tall in a bushy form. Flowering in the spring, S. laricifolium displays inflorescences consisting of ten to thirty pink flowers. Each flower is about 10 mm wide and 4 mm deep. The species name, laricifolium refers to the long, narrow leaves, which resemble the leaf form of the Larix genus, the larches.

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Stylidium laricifolium Wikipedia