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Stylidium schoenoides DC.
Cow Kicks

Reference
Prodr. 7:782 (1839)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rosetted perennial, herb, 0.15-0.5 m high, Leaves tufted, linear, (8-) 14-35 cm long, 1-1.8 mm wide, apex acute to mucronate, margin involute, glabrous. Membraneous scale leaves present at base of mature leaves. Scape with glandular and pilose hairs. Inflorescence cymose. Fl. white-cream, Aug to Nov. Sand, sandy loam, granite. Hillslopes, dunes, plains. Forest, woodland, shrubland, heath.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 27 June 2006
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Bayswater, Beverley, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Brookton, Bunbury, Busselton, Capel, Cockburn, Collie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Harvey, Jerramungup, Kalamunda, Kent, Kojonup, Lake Grace, Mandurah, Manjimup, Melville, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Narrogin, Northam, Perth, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, South Perth, Stirling, Swan, Toodyay, Wanneroo, Waroona, West Arthur, Williams, York.