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Stylidium hesperium Wege
Western Reed Triggerplant

Reference
Nuytsia 24:222-225, Fig. 3 (2014)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Reed-like perennial, herb, 0.15-0.7 m high, Leaves subulate to narrowly oblanceolate, 1-3.5 cm long, 0.7-2.5 mm wide, apex acute, margin entire, glabrous or minutely papillose. Scape mostly glabrous, inflorescence axis glandular, rarely minutely papillose at base. Inflorescence racemose. Fl. pink, Aug to Nov. Sand over limestone. Dune slopes, crests and swales. Coastal heath and shrublands, Agonis or Banksia woodland, Eucalypt and Agonis forest.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 June 2006

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Lesueur Sandplain, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Augusta Margaret River, Bayswater, Busselton, Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Harvey, Irwin, Kwinana, Mandurah, Nedlands, Wanneroo, Waroona.