Stylidium ceratophorum

Stylidium ceratophorum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium (family Stylidiaceae). It is an annual plant that is endemic to the Kimberley region of Western Australia and northern parts of the Northern Territory. It attains a height of 12–30 cm with a basal rosette of small leaves. The leaves are petiolate, obovate, or lanceolate and are only 0.2–1 cm long. Solitary scapes are produced that bear golden yellow or orange flowers, 7–9 mm across. Its habitat has been reported as being sandy soils on creek margins in the presence of Stylidium rubriscapum and Stylidium diceratum or in river paperbark (Melaleuca leucodendron) stands. S. ceratophorum appears similar to S. diceratum and may be confused with the species since they both have orange flowers. S. ceratophorum's corolla is twice as large as S. diceratum, though, as well as the deeply divided posterior corolla lobes of S. ceratophorum.[1][2]

Stylidium ceratophorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Stylidiaceae
Genus: Stylidium
Subgenus: Stylidium subg. Centridium
Species:
S. ceratophorum
Binomial name
Stylidium ceratophorum
O.Schwarz 1927

See also

References
  1. Lowrie, A., and Kenneally, K.F. (1998). Three new triggerplant species in Stylidium subgenus Centridium (Stylidiaceae) from Western Australia. Nuytsia, 12(2): 197-206.
  2. Erickson, Rica. (1958). Triggerplants. Perth: Paterson Brokensha Pty. Ltd.


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