Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Stylidium lineare
Common name
Narrow-leaved triggerplant
Family
Stylidaceae
Where found
Forest, heath, and moist sites. Coast, ranges, and tablelands, mostly north from near the Kings Highway. Occasionally elsewhere.
Notes
Perennial herb to 0.3 m high. Flower stalks reddish, at least at the base. Leaves tufted, 2–5 cm long, less than 1 mm wide, margins often curved upwards and finely toothed, surfaces hairless. Flowers pink to deep pink, 5–8 mm in diameter, with a short tube and 4 petals, and a hinged reddish column sensitive to movement, arising from the centre of the flower. Flowers in elongated clusters. Flowering: April–June and October-January.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Stylidium~lineare (accessed 7 February, 2021)
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