Stylidium productum

Trigger Plant
Trigger Plant at Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Stylidiaceae
Genus: Stylidium
Subgenus: Andersonia
Section: Andersonia
Species: S. productum
Binomial name
Stylidium productum
Hindmarsh & D. Blaxell

Stylidium productum is a small plant found in eastern Australia. Common in the Sydney region,[1][2] it grows on soils derived from Hawkesbury Sandstone.

Flowers appear in spring and summer, having five pink petals, but one is very small.[3]

It features an unusual form of pollination. Where the style and two anthers strike an insect landing on the flower, which is then showered with pollen.

References

  1. "Stylidium productum and Stylidium graminifolium". Friends of Lane Cove National Park. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  2. "Stylidium productum". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  3. Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 219


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