Stylidium productum
| Trigger Plant | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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. Common in the Sydney region,[1][2] it grows on soils derived from Hawkesbury Sandstone.
Flowers appear in spring and summer, having five pink petals, but one is very small.[3]
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
- ↑ "Stylidium productum and Stylidium graminifolium". Friends of Lane Cove National Park. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ↑ "Stylidium productum". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ↑ Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 219
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