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Stylidium armeria

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Family Stylidiaceae

Taxonomy: Stylidium armeria (Labill.) Labill.

Synonyms: 12 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Candollea armeria Labill. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Candollea serrulata Labill. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Candollea umbellata Labill. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Stylidium armerium St.-Lag. (orthographic variant)
  • Stylidium graminifolium f. grandiflorum Mildbr. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stylidium graminifolium var. grandifolium F.L.Erickson (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stylidium graminifolium var. β Hook. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stylidium melastachys R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stylidium polystachium Rich. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stylidium serrulatum (Labill.) Rich. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Stylidium sp. 2 (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stylidium umbellatum (Labill.) Labill. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Candollea graminifolia (Sw.) F.Muell. (misapplied)
  • Stylidium graminifolium Sw. (misapplied)
  • Stylidium graminifolium Sw. (pro parte misapplied)
  • Stylidium graminifolium Sw. var. graminifolium (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Cheal_2017 (8), Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (2), Mokany_2015 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (11), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (12), TMAG_2009 (14), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (40), Williams_2011 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 49 traits from 113 records in 13 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 11.5 mm (8-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1178.1 mm2 (1178.1-1178.1 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 265 mm (80-450 mm) [sources: TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 9 mm (3-15 mm) [sources: TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_lanceolate (2); narrowly_oblanceolate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed_serrate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6); tussock (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: Cheal_2017; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); epizoochory (1); zoochory (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); invertebrates (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyy (2); yynnnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: TMAG_2009; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); persistent (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.21 mg (0.18-0.31 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Mokany_2015]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.23 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202040M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
TMAG_20091114Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania.
RBGV_20231012VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023911N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Williams_20111010R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
Cheal_201788D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
NHNSW_202244N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Mokany_201522K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.