Family | STYLIDIACEAE |
Genus species | Stylidium caespitosum R.Br. |
Bibliography | Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 569 (1810) |
Native Range | sw. Western Australia |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
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 | perennial |
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 |
Synonyms | Candollea caespitosa F.Muell. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (WAU Western Australia) |