Stylidiaceae Stylidium

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Cow Kicks

Classification: Stylidiaceae - Stylidium - schoenoides

Trigger Plants

Flowering From: N/A

Stylidium eriopodum

Classification: Stylidiaceae - Stylidium - eriopodum

Creeping perennial, herb (forming compact clumps to 15 cm wide), elevated above soil on wiry stilt roots up to 6 cm long. Fl. yellow-orange-green, Oct to Nov. Gritty loam soils on granite rocks,

Flowering From: N/A

Trigger Plant

Classification: Stylidiaceae - Stylidium - unknown

A small plant that packs a punch. The flowers of Trigger plants have a central touch-sensitive column tucked under the petals. The male and female parts of the flower (anther and stigma) are located

Flowering From: August

Grass Trigger Plant

Classification: Stylidiaceae - Stylidium - graminifolium

Trigger plants have a fascinating pollination mechanism where the the long reddish "trigger" is stimulated by a foraging insect to flip across the flower and dump pollen on the back of the insect.

Flowering From: November

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