Trigger Plant at Kosciuszko National Park, NSW
Identification history
| Stylidium armeria subsp. armeria | 21 Feb 2019 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Stylidium armeria subsp. armeria | 21 Feb 2019 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Stylidium montanum | 20 Feb 2019 | BronClarke |
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User's notes
Along road edge near Guthega, second photo included to show the leaves.
7 comments
BettyDonWood
wrote:
21 Feb 2019
I have traced the stem through almost a semicircle and can find no trace of leaves. The leaves in the photo look more like a seedlimg of Tasmannia.
Montanum grows in groups, and is confined to peaty wet soils. Armeria is usually single plants, and can grow in variety of habitats.
Montanum grows in groups, and is confined to peaty wet soils. Armeria is usually single plants, and can grow in variety of habitats.
JackieMiles
wrote:
22 Feb 2019
Yep, this is armeria and most of the leaves in the 2nd photo belong to it, except for the Tasmannia seedling in the lower RH corner. The relatively large leaves which are broader near the tip and taper to a petiole-like base is typical of it, compared with the very narrow and blue-green leaves in a compact rosette of montanum. S. armeria is usually in forest and I think it might be interesting that it is growing as high as near Guthega.
BronClarke
wrote:
22 Feb 2019
Thanks to you both, yes it does sound interesting then if it’s not in it’s usual habitat. I wish I’d tried harder to get a good picture of the leaves. I need a better camera.
BronClarke
wrote:
22 Feb 2019
PS it was very wet where it was growing, there was water running in the road drain and the soil was quite peaty from memory.
JackieMiles
wrote:
22 Feb 2019
But wet as in roadside drain is different from wet as in high elevation bog, which is where montanum hangs out. You can get little boggy patches in drains - I've even seen localised patches of sphagnum develop in a drain, but it's still not quite the right sort of habitat for montanum, which goes for the big expanses of open wet grassland.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.385864-36.371056
- Altitude 1635.1m
- Maps Kosciuszko National Park
- Places Kosciuszko National Park, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 26 Jan 2019 10:40 AM Recorded on
- BronClarke Recorded by
Additional information
- True In flower
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
Species information
- Stylidium armeria subsp. armeria Scientific name
- Trigger Plant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1735.92m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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