Levenhookia leptantha

Levenhookia leptantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
clade: Angiosperms
clade: Eudicots
clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Stylidiaceae
Genus: Levenhookia
Section: Estipitatae
Species: L. leptantha
Binomial name
Levenhookia leptantha
Benth.

Levenhookia leptantha, the trumpet stylewort, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Levenhookia (family Stylidiaceae). It is an ephemeral annual that grows from 2 to 6 cm tall with ovate to lanceolate leaves that are generally 2–5 mm long. Flowers are pink and bloom from September to October in its native range. It is endemic to Western Australia. Its habitat has been reported as being sand or sandy clay soils in granite outcrops and winter-wet depressions.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Paczkowska, Grazyna. (1996). Levenhookia leptantha Benth. FloraBase, Western Australian Herbarium, Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. Accessed online: 11 August 2007.
  2. ^ Mildbraed, J. (1908). Stylidiaceae. In: Engler, A. Das Pflanzenreich: Regni vegetabilis conspectus. IV. 278. Leipzig.