Stylidium productum
Trigger Plant | |
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Trigger Plant at Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Stylidiaceae |
Genus: | Stylidium |
Subgenus: | Andersonia |
Section: | Andersonia |
Species: | S. productum |
Binomial name | |
Stylidium productum Hindmarsh & D. Blaxell | |
Stylidium productum is a small plant found in eastern Australia. Occasionally seen near Sydney, growing on soils derived from Hawkesbury Sandstone.
Flowers appear in spring and summer, having five pink petals, but one is very small.[1]
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.
References
- ↑ Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 219