Accession Data

Stylidium debile

Common Name: Trigger Plant

Family: Stylidiaceae

Country of Origin: Australia

Description: A small plant with pink flowers, approximately 4mm across with the stamen held back under tension until the flower is disturbed. The stamen then swings around across the face of the flower.

Accession Data

Accession #: 200600059

Accession Date: 2006-06-08 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2309

Quantity: 2

Source: Doug Darnowski via ICPS Conf (Opel)

Culture: Grow like subtropical drosera, with acidic soil, constant moisture and strong light.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid II

Order: Asterales

Family: Stylidiaceae

SubFamily: Stylidioideae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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2006

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, September 07, 2017.
  2. Stylidium debile at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Thursday, September 07, 2017.
  3. A Primer on Trigger Plants at In Defense of Plants. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 23, 2018.

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