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Stylidium rupestre Sond.
Rock Triggerplant

Reference
Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1:375 (1845)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Clump-forming perennial, herb, 0.07-0.2 m high, Leaves oblanceolate, 0.5-1.8 cm long, 0.6-4 mm wide, apex subacute, margin entire, glandular. Scape glandular throughout, or with hairs restricted to base. Inflorescence racemose. Fl. yellow, Sep to Dec. White-grey sand, brown peaty sand or clay loam, near granite. Plains and upslope, rock outcrops. Heath, mallee shrubland.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 16 May 2006
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Recherche.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe.