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Stylidium nungarinense S.Moore
Nungarin Triggerplant

Reference
J.Linn.Soc.,Bot. 45:183 (1920)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Caespitose perennial, herb, 0.12-0.47 m high, Leaves tufted, narrowly oblanceolate to oblanceolate, 10-35 cm long, (1-) 2-8 mm wide, apex acute to mucronate, margin involute, glabrous. Membraneous scale leaves present at base of mature leaves. Scape glandular throughout. Inflorescence paniculate. Fl. white, Sep to Oct. Sandy clay or loamy sand, laterite. Hillslopes and breakaways. Mallee woodland, Allocasuarina shrubland.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 27 June 2006

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Merredin, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Dalwallinu, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Narembeen, Perenjori, Wongan-Ballidu, Yilgarn.