Stylidium claytonioides

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Stylidium claytonioides
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Stylidiaceae
Subfamily: Stylidioideae
Genus: Stylidium
Subgenus: Andersonia
Section: Uniflora
Species: S. claytonioides
Binomial name
Stylidium claytonioides
W.Fitzg. 1918

Stylidium claytonioides is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium (family Stylidiaceae). It is an annual plant that grows from 15 to 27 cm tall. The linear leaves, about 9-30 per plant, are mostly in terminal rosettes but with some scattered along the elongate, glabrous stem. The leaves are generally 12-24 mm long and 0.7-1 mm wide. Petioles are absent. This species produces one to six scapes per plant. Inflorescences are 10-18 cm long and produces a single pink and mauve flower that blooms from May to June in the southern hemisphere. S. claytonioides is endemic to the Kimberley region in Western Australia. Its habitat is recorded as being seasonal swamps near sandstone outcropings and near creekbanks.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Bean, A.R. (2000). A revision of Stylidium subg. Andersonia (R.Br. ex G.Don) Mildbr. (Stylidiaceae). Austrobaileya 5(4): 589-649.