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Common Butterfly Triggerplant

Stylidium piliferum

Common Butterfly Triggerplant
Photo: Andrew Broome, Attribution

Stylidium piliferum, the Common Butterfly Triggerplant, is a small perennial from south-west Western Australia in the Stylidiaceae family. Its sensitive column flicks pollen onto visiting insects when touched, and it grows best in open, sunny, well-drained sandy conditions.

Family
Stylidiaceae (Stylidi family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the soil lightly moist during growth and let it dry a little between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or peaty mix, low in nutrients.
Temperature
10–28 °C; tolerates light frost in mild climates.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Stylidium piliferum is a species of dicotyledonous plant from the genus Stylidium. It is found in Western Australia.

Other Stylidium plants

Grass Triggerplant · Stylidium inconspicuum · Stylidium javanicum · Stylidium laricifolium · Stylidium leeuwinense · Stylidium leptorrhizum · Stylidium lobuliflorum · Stylidium longicornu · Stylidium longissimum · Stylidium marradongense · Stylidium multiscapum · Stylidium muscicola

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stylidium piliferum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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