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Stylidium spathulatum R.Br.
Creamy Triggerplant

Reference
Prodr. 569 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rosetted perennial, herb, 0.05-0.5 m high, Leaves tufted, oblanceolate to spathulate, 0.8-8 cm long, 1.5-15 mm wide, apex subacute, margin entire, glandular. Scape glandular at base, glabrous above. Inflorescence racemose. Fl. yellow, Oct to Dec or Jan. Sand, sandy clay or clay loam, granite. Outcrops, dune slopes, swamps, seepage areas and valleys. Coastal heath, shrubland, Eucalypt woodlands and forests.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 16 May 2006
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Edel, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Busselton, Collie, Cranbrook, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Harvey, Kojonup, Manjimup, Nannup, Plantagenet, Shark Bay, West Arthur.