Stylidium laricifolium

Appearance

''Stylidium laricifolium'' is a perennial subshrub with few stems, that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1.5 m . The leaves are linear, 10–80 mm long, about 1–2 mm wide and crowded along the stems. The flowering stems are 14–45 cm high, with between ten and thirty flowers arranged in a single main panicle and several smaller racemes. The sepals are narrow lance-shaped, 1.5–2 mm long and joined at the base forming a tube longer than the lobes. The corolla is white to pale pink, about 10–15 mm wide with two pairs of oblong petals. The column is 6–7 mm long with a cushion-like stigma and the ovary is 3–4 mm long and covered with glandular hairs. Flowering occurs from September to December and the fruit is an oblong capsule 8–12 mm long.

Distribution

Giant trigger-plant grows in forest in rocky places from south-east Queensland, along the coast and tablelands of New South Wales to eastern Victoria.

Habitat

Giant trigger-plant grows in forest in rocky places from south-east Queensland, along the coast and tablelands of New South Wales to eastern Victoria.