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Stylidium verticillatum F.Muell.
Pink Mountain Triggerplant

Reference
Fragm. (Mueller) 4:94-95 (1864)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Sprawling perennial, herb, 0.1-0.32 m high, Leaves in whorls, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 0.25-3 cm long, 0.3-0.9 mm wide, apex subacute to acute, margin entire, glabrous. Scape glandular. Inflorescence paniculate. Fl. pink, Oct to Dec or Jan. Sandy clay loam over quartzite, sandstone or laterite. Stony slopes & summits. Banksia woodland, mallee heath.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 June 2006
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Cranbrook, Gnowangerup, Plantagenet.