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Stylidium purpureum Wege
Purple Fountain Triggerplant

Reference
Nuytsia 25:329-331, 333, Fig. 6 (2015)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rosetted perennial, herb, 0.15-0.55 m high, Leaves spreading, narrowly oblanceolate, 2-9 cm long, 1-4 mm wide, apex subacute, margin entire, glabrous. Scape glabrous at base, glandular along inflorescence axis. Inflorescence racemose. Fl. purple, Sep to Oct. Sand over limestone or laterite. Sandplain, hillslopes. Heath, shrubland.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 28 June 2006

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Perth.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Chittering, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Northampton, Swan, Three Springs, Victoria Plains, Wanneroo, Wongan-Ballidu.