Stylidium montanum
alpine triggerplant at Yaouk, NSW
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| Stylidium montanum | StewartJasonP | 8 Dec 2024 | |
| Stylidium graminifolium | Tapirlord | 26 Nov 2023 | |
| Stylidium (genus) | JARS | 22 Nov 2023 |
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8 comments
26 Nov 2023
Just S.graminifolium I think Luke, we are not so high that it would be out of the question. S.montanum has a more compact rosette and is found higher up in the landscape.
8 Dec 2024
Please refer to infomation i have added in to these species pages here : Stylidium montanum
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8 Dec 2024
Are there not serrations on these leaves though? I’m not so sure this is S.Montanum
9 Dec 2024
All about morphology (not indirect cheap ID tricks like altitude measurements) and habitat of especially soil type (whether weather wet or droughted in the current climate. If the soil is peat including past wet climate formed peat in a nowadays dry area. ).
Plants respond in their terms (not to humans' terms per se such as of measurements of altimeters).
@Tapirlord I hope you've done some plants' species distribution modelling in your uni. studies . I refer to the last 30+ years of CSIRO SE. Au. plants species distribution modelling, notably Mike Austin .
Please refer to information i have added in to these species pages here : Stylidium montanum
– including regarding leaves' serrations . Not serrated at base .
Quotation:
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Leaves linear to narrowly oblanceolate, greater than 3 mm wide, pale to dark green, serrations absent or towards apex only, lamina continuous over midrib and leaves not bifurrowed; flowers pink to deep magenta – 2
2. Leaves 4–15 cm long, pale to mid-green, widely spreading to suberect; scape fine (< 2 mm wide), glabrous or glabrescent below lowest flowers; flowers 10–30; in water-retentive, peaty soils of montane to subalpine areas at high altitudes – S. montanum
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Especially refer to the fifth (and also fourth) of the photographs here – at full resolution .
Plants respond in their terms (not to humans' terms per se such as of measurements of altimeters).
@Tapirlord I hope you've done some plants' species distribution modelling in your uni. studies . I refer to the last 30+ years of CSIRO SE. Au. plants species distribution modelling, notably Mike Austin .
Please refer to information i have added in to these species pages here : Stylidium montanum
– including regarding leaves' serrations . Not serrated at base .
Quotation:
"
...
Leaves linear to narrowly oblanceolate, greater than 3 mm wide, pale to dark green, serrations absent or towards apex only, lamina continuous over midrib and leaves not bifurrowed; flowers pink to deep magenta – 2
2. Leaves 4–15 cm long, pale to mid-green, widely spreading to suberect; scape fine (< 2 mm wide), glabrous or glabrescent below lowest flowers; flowers 10–30; in water-retentive, peaty soils of montane to subalpine areas at high altitudes – S. montanum
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" .
Especially refer to the fifth (and also fourth) of the photographs here – at full resolution .
11 Dec 2024
Yes especilally this sighting of plants looks to me inside the circumscription of Stylidium montanum .
18 Dec 2024
Thank you both Ciaran and Jason for your comments.
I'm about to post some photos from this season at the same place. Hopefully they will be more helpful than last year's photos.
I'm about to post some photos from this season at the same place. Hopefully they will be more helpful than last year's photos.
Location information
- Places Yaouk, NSW
Sighting information
- 20 Abundance
- JARS Recorded by
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
- Yes In flower
Collections
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
- External link More information
Seasonal activity
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In flower
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Record quality
Quality score
6 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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