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Stylidium adpressum Benth.
Trigger-on-stilts

Reference
Fl.Austral. 4:22 (1868)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Creeping perennial, herb, 0.03-0.15 m high. Fl. pink-white, Sep to Nov. Sandy, often gravelly soils.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 September 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bayswater, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Chittering, Coorow, Cuballing, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Dumbleyung, Gingin, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Kellerberrin, Koorda, Moora, Stirling, Swan, Three Springs, Toodyay, Trayning, Victoria Plains, Wandering, Wanneroo, Wickepin, Williams, Wyalkatchem, York.