Stylidium fissilobum

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Stylidium fissilobum
S. fissilobum drawing from the James Cook voyage in 1770.
Conservation status
Data Deficient[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Asterales Family: Stylidiaceae Subfamily: Stylidioideae Genus: Stylidium Subgenus: Andersonia Section: Tenella Species: S. fissilobum
Binomial name
Stylidium fissilobum F.Muell. 1859
Synonyms
Candollea fissiloba (F.Muell.) F.Muell. 1883 Stylidium pseudotenellum O.Schwarz 1927

Stylidium fissilobum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium (family Stylidiaceae). It is an annual plant that grows from 5 to 50 cm tall. Linear or deltate leaves, about 4-34 per plant, are scattered along the elongate, glabrous stem. The leaves are generally 1-6 mm long and 0.3-0.7 mm wide. Petioles and scapes are absent. Inflorescences are 3-18 cm long. Flowers are pink, white, or mauve and bloom from March to July in the southern hemisphere. S. fissilobum's wide distribution ranges across northern Australia from the western Kimberley region and Northern Territory eastward as far as Mt Surprise in Queensland. Its habitat is recorded as being wet sands at swamp edges in association with grasslands and sedgelands. Due to its weak stem, this species often threads its way through supporting branches and leaves of the dense grass and sedge cover. S. fissilobum is most closely related to S. aquaticum and S. oviflorum.^[1]

[edit] See also

• List of Stylidium species

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