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Stylidium araeophyllum Wege
Stilt Walker

Reference
Nuytsia 25:315-317, 318-319, Fig. 1 (2015)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rosetted perennial, herb, (0.15-)0.2-0.7 m high, Leaves tufted, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 2-6 cm long, 1-2.5 mm wide, apex subacute, margin entire, glabrous. Scape glabrous on lower half, sparingly glandular above. Inflorescence racemose. Fl. pink-purple, Oct to Nov. Sand or sandy loam. Hillslopes and plains. Banksia and Eucalypt woodland, Jarrah forest.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 16 May 2006
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Armadale, Bayswater, Beverley, Boddington, Brookton, Capel, Chittering, Cockburn, Collie, Dandaragan, Gingin, Gosnells, Harvey, Kalamunda, Mandurah, Mundaring, Murray, Narrogin, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Toodyay, Wandering, Wanneroo, Waroona, West Arthur, Williams, York.