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Stylidium violaceum R.Br.
Violet Triggerplant

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

Rosetted perennial, herb, 0.2-0.5 m high, Leaves tufted, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 2-8 cm long, 0.5-3.2 mm wide, apex subacute, margin entire, glabrous. Scape glabrous. Inflorescence racemose. Fl. white/violet/purple, Oct to Dec or Jan. Sand or loamy sand. Hillslopes and dunes, winter wet depressions and swamps. Woodland, shrubland.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 16 May 2006
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Busselton, Capel, Collie, Denmark, Kojonup, Manjimup, Plantagenet, West Arthur.