Family | STYLIDIACEAE |
Genus species | Stylidium caespitosum R.Br. |
Synonyms | Candollea caespitosa (R.Br.) F.Muell. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves small, crowded, linear, sharply acute, bright green, flowers openly pentamerous, in lax panicle, petals red, basally variegate, style long, curvate, green |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory |
Australasia
Australia (Western Australia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | STYLIDIACEAE
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