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Stylidium hirsutum R.Br.
Hairy Triggerplant

Reference
Prodr. 568 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rosetted perennial, herb, 0.12-0.57 m high, Leaves tufted, linear, 2.5-50 cm long, 0.5-3 mm wide, apex mucronate, margin involute, glabrous or scabrous. Membraneous scale leaves present at base of mature leaves. Scape pilose, glandular along inflorescence axis. Inflorescence head-like or racemose. Fl. pink, Oct to Dec. Sand, clay sand, sandy loam. Hillslopes, plains, depressions and granite outcrops. Heath, Agonis or mallee shrubland, open woodland.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 June 2006
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Broomehill-Tambellup, Cranbrook, Denmark, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kojonup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Wagin, Wandering, West Arthur, Wickepin, Williams.