Stylidium montanum
alpine triggerplant at Cotter River, ACT
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| Stylidium montanum | BettyDonWood | 5 Jan 2019 | |
| Stylidium montanum | BettyDonWood | 4 Jan 2019 | |
| Stylidium (genus) | BettyDonWood | 2 Jan 2019 | |
| Unverified | Christine | 2 Jan 2019 |
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6 comments
3 Jan 2019
The broad leaves suggest Stylidium armeria, but the obvious midrib suggests Stylidium graminifolium. An interesting plant. See Rosemary Purdi’s comments in sighting 1948241. Just type the number into the Search field.
Someone with a collecting permit should take this to the herbarium.
Someone with a collecting permit should take this to the herbarium.
5 Jan 2019
The dark pink colour of the flowers and location suggests that it may be Stylidium montanan
5 Jan 2019
Stylidium montanum grows in clusters. It likes peaty subalpine to alpine soils. In Namadgi this would mean at high altitude. Comment please, Christine.
5 Jan 2019
Hello Betty, I have used an app to try to determine the altitude at that spot, and it says 1,045m. I do not know how accurate that is, and I do not think that that would be considered alpine. The soil there appears rather reddish. I will add another pic to show that there were about three of them in a kind of cluster, and I think there was another one not far away.
5 Jan 2019
Once you get above about 1000 metres, there are quite a few subalpine plants in Namadgi.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.835928-35.395599
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 31 Dec 2018 10:05 AM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
- Yes In flower
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- Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Stylidium montanum Other Wildflowers & Herbs Plants
Species information
- Stylidium montanum Scientific name
- alpine triggerplant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1986.82m Recorded at altitude
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Seasonal activity
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In flower
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