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Stylidium trichopodum

Stylidium trichopodum is a small annual trigger plant from northern Queensland, growing 6 to 20 cm tall with a single yellow or orange flower. It is a rare, localised species that needs moist sandy soil and is not commonly grown.

Family
Stylidiaceae (Stylidi family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist, standing the pot in shallow water during the growing season.
Soil
Moist, sandy, acidic mix with low nutrients.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
N. Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Stylidium trichopodum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium (family Stylidiaceae). It is an annual plant that grows from 6 to 20 cm tall. The linear leaves, about 20-200 per plant, are scattered along the elongate, glabrous stems. The leaves are generally 3–9 mm long and 0.2-0.7 mm wide. Petioles are absent. This species produces 1-10 scapes per plant. Inflorescences are 2.6–6 cm long and produce a single yellow or orange flower that blooms in June and July in the Southern Hemisphere. S. trichopodum is endemic to northern Queensland and is only known from a few populations. Its habitat is recorded as being moist sandy soils on flat or gently sloping terrain, sometimes in areas dominated by Melaleuca species. S. trichopodum is most closely related to S.

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 trichopodum 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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