Stylidium schoenoides is a species of dicotyledon plant of the Stylidium genus, from Stylidiaceae family, Asterales order, first described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1839.[3][2] The plant is endemic to Western Australia.[1]

Stylidium schoenoides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Stylidiaceae
Genus: Stylidium
Species:
S. schoenoides
Binomial name
Stylidium schoenoides

Description

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Stylidium schoenoides is a perennial herb growing to a height from .15 to 0.5 m high. The leaves form a rosette and are 14–35 cm by 1-1.8 mm and hairless, though there are membraneous scale leaves present at base of mature leaves. The flower stalk has glandular hairs and long soft weak hairs. The white-cream flowers may be seen from August to November.[1]

Habitat

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It grows on sand, sandy loam, and granite, on hillslopes, dunes, and plains, in forests, heaths, woodland and shrublands.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science. "FloraBase—the Western Australian Flora". florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  2. ^ a b Candolle, A.P. de (1839). Candolle, A.P. de (ed.). "Stylideae". Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. 7 (2): 782.
  3. ^ Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed) (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)