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Deceptive Stylewort

Levenhookia pauciflora

Deceptive Stylewort
Photo: Andrew Broome, Attribution
Family
Stylidiaceae (Stylidi family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Levenhookia pauciflora, the deceptive stylewort, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Levenhookia (family Stylidiaceae). It is an ephemeral annual that grows from 5–10 centimetres (2.0–3.9 in) tall with ovate to suborbicular leaves. Flowers are white and bloom from September to November in its native range. L. pauciflora is endemic to Western Australia where it grows in sandy soils in sandstone or granitic areas. The flowers of L. pauciflora resemble those of Stylidium ecorne and it has been said that S. ecorne mimics L. pauciflora to take advantage of its pollinators.

Other Levenhookia plants

Levenhookia chippendalei · Hairy Stylewort · Trumpet Stylewort · Eight Spotted Stylewort · Preiss's Stylewort · Beautiful Stylewort · Midget Stylewort · Slender Stylewort · Common Stylewort · Stylewort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Levenhookia pauciflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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