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Stylidium maitlandianum E.Pritz.
Fountain Triggerplant

Reference
Bot.Jahrb.Syst. 35:593 (1905)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rosetted perennial, herb, 0.29-0.7 m high, Leaves adpressed to soil, spathulate, 1-5 cm long, 2-10 mm wide, apex subacute, margin hyaline, glabrous. Scape mostly glabrous, sparingly glandular near pedicel axils. Inflorescence racemose. Fl. purple, Sep to Oct. Sand over laterite or limestone. Hillslopes and sandplain. Heath, shrubland, open Banksia/Eucalyptus woodland.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 16 May 2006
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Perth.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Greater Geraldton, Irwin.