Stylidium pachyrrhizum

Stylidium pachyrrhizum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Stylidiaceae
Genus:	Stylidium
Subgenus:	Stylidium subg. Andersonia
Section:	Stylidium sect. Andersonia
Species:	S. pachyrrhizum
Binomial name
Stylidium pachyrrhizum F.Muell. 1859
Synonyms
Candollea pachyrrhiza (F.Muell.) F.Muell. 1883

Stylidium pachyrrhizum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium (family Stylidiaceae) that was described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859. It is an erect annual plant that grows from 15 to 40 cm tall. Obovate or oblanceolate leaves, about 5-30 per plant, are scattered along the stems. The leaves are generally 13–100 mm long and 3.5–24 mm wide. This species generally has one to six scapes and cymose inflorescences that are 13–33 cm long. Flowers are white or pink. S. pachyrrhizum's distribution ranges from western Kimberley in Western Australia and extends to Groote Eylandt off the east coast of the Northern Territory. Its typical habitats are swamp margins or seepage areas near sandy or rocky creeks. It flowers in the southern hemisphere from March to June. S. pachyrrhizum is most closely related to S. schizanthum and S. stenophyllum and some specimens are hard to differentiate between S. pachyrrhizum and S. schizanthum.^[1]

See also[]

• List of Stylidium species

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