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Service Notice

The Western Australian Herbarium’s collections management system, WAHerb, and DBCA’s taxonomic names application, WACensus, have been set to read-only mode since 1 October 2025. Recent taxonomic changes are not reflected in Florabase, herbarium collections, or in the census. We are hoping to be able to reinstate services around December 15; we will provide an update at that time.

The notice period started at 9:00 am on Wednesday, 1 October 2025 +08:00 and will end at 12:00 pm on Monday, 15 December 2025 +08:00.

Stylidium elongatum Benth.
Tall Triggerplant

Reference
Fl.Austral. 4:11 (1868)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Caespitose perennial, herb, 0.2-0.65 m high, Leaves tufted, broadly linear to oblanceolate, (7-) 10-23 cm long, (1-) 1.5-6.5 mm wide, apex subacute, margin entire, glabrous. Scape with short eglandular hairs, intermixed with glandular hairs along inflorescence axis. Inflorescence paniculate. Fl. white/pink, Aug to Oct. Loam, clayey sand or sand over laterite or limestone. Hillslopes and plains. Shrubland, heath or open woodland.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 28 June 2006
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Edel, Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Perth, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Coorow, Dandaragan, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Mingenew, Northampton, Shark Bay.