Kingdom Plantae Family Stylidiaceae Subgenus Andersonia Scientific name Stylidium productum | Order Asterales Genus Stylidium Section Andersonia Rank Species | |
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Similar Stylidium turbinatum, Stylidium scandens, Stylidium bulbiferum, Stylidium adnatum, Stylidium calcaratum | ||
Stylidium productum is a small plant found in eastern Australia. Common in the Sydney region, it grows on soils derived from Hawkesbury Sandstone.
Flowers appear in spring and summer, having five pink petals, but one is very small.
It features an unusual form of pollination. Where the style and two anthers strike an insect landing on the flower, which is then showered with pollen.
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