Stylidium productum

Stylidium productum
	Trigger plant at Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia
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. 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]

Pollination[]

Stylidium productum features an unusual form of pollination.

The style and two anthers strike insects landing on the flower, which are then showered with pollen.

References[]

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

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[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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