Levenhookia stipitata

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common stylewort
Illustration from Johannes Mildbraed's 1908 monograph on the Stylidiaceae.
Illustration from Johannes Mildbraed's 1908 monograph on the Stylidiaceae.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Stylidiaceae
Subfamily: Stylidioideae
Genus: Levenhookia
Section: Coleostylis
Species: L. stipitata
Binomial name
Levenhookia stipitata
(Sond.) F.Muell. 1864
Synonyms

Coleostylis umbellulata

Sond. 1845

Stylidium stipitatum

Benth. 1837

Levenhookia stipitata, the common stylewort, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Levenhookia (family Stylidiaceae). It is an ephemeral annual that grows about 7 to 10 cm tall with oblanceolate to linear leaves. Flowers are pink and bloom from August to January in its native range. L. stipitata is endemic to southwestern Western Australia where it grows in granitic or lateritic soils. This species was first described by George Bentham in 1837 as Stylidium stipitatum and was later reclassified into the genus Coleostylis, which was placed into synonymy with the genus Levenhookia.[1][2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Paczkowska, Grazyna. (1996). Levenhookia stipitata (Sond.) F.Muell. FloraBase, Western Australian Herbarium, Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. Accessed online: 28 August 2007.
  2. ^ Mildbraed, J. (1908). Stylidiaceae. In: Engler, A. Das Pflanzenreich: Regni vegetabilis conspectus. IV. 278. Leipzig.
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