Common name: Frail Triggerplant
Stylidium debile F.Muell. APNI* Synonyms: Stylidium sp. B sensu Jacobs & Pickard (1981) APNI*
Description: Perennial herb with a loose rosette of leaves at apex of a short stem, often with scattered several smaller leaves below.
Leaves spathulate to obovate, 0.5–3 cm long, 4–8 mm wide, margins entire, lamina glabrous.
Scapes 5–35 cm high, sparsely glandular-hairy; inflorescence racemose, glandular-hairy; bracts present, bracteoles present. Sepals c. 1 mm long, shorter than the ovary. Corolla 2–4 mm long, pink, whitish, bright mauve or reddish, slightly glandular on the outer surface; tube slightly longer than sepals; petals not quite equal. Column c. 4 mm long. Ovary oblong, 1.5–2 mm long, glandular-hairy.
Capsule narrow-oblong, 6–8 mm long, often ± curved; seeds tawny, hairy.
Flowering: spring–autumn.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in swampy ground or permanently wet places, near lakes in coastal districts; chiefly north from Tuggerah Lakes.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, NT
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by L. C. Stanberg
Taxon concept: A.R. Bean (1999)
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