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Stylidium preissii (Sond.) F.Muell.
Lizard Triggerplant

Reference
Fragm. (Mueller) 3:122 (1862)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Sprawling perennial, herb, 0.05-0.18 m high, Leaves adpressed to stem, lanceolate, 0.15-0.25 cm long, 0.4-1.5 mm wide, apex acute, margin hyaline and fimbriate, glabrous. Inflorescence head-like. Fl. white/pink, Oct to Dec. White or grey sand. Wandoo woodland, mallee shrubland or coastal heath.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 27 June 2006
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Cockburn, Esperance, Jerramungup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Wandering, York.