Levenhookia stipitata

Levenhookia stipitata
Illustration from Johannes Mildbraed's 1908 monograph on the Stylidiaceae.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Stylidiaceae
Genus:	Levenhookia
Section:	L. sect. Coleostylis
Species:	L. stipitata
Binomial name
Levenhookia stipitata (Sond.) F.Muell.
Synonyms
Coleostylis umbellulata Sond. Stylidium stipitatum Benth.

Levenhookia stipitata, the common stylewort, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Levenhookia (family Stylidiaceae). It is an ephemeral annual that grows about 7–10 centimetres (2.8–3.9 in) tall with oblanceolate to linear leaves. Flowers are pink and bloom from August to January in its native range. L. stipitata is endemic to southwestern Western Australia where it grows in granitic or lateritic soils. This species was first described by George Bentham in 1837 as Stylidium stipitatum and was later reclassified into the genus Coleostylis, which was placed into synonymy with the genus Levenhookia.[1][2]

As of 2007, L. stipitata was reported as being present in the Verran Tanks Conservation Park in South Australia.[3]

References

1. Paczkowska, Grazyna. (1996). Levenhookia stipitata (Sond.) F.Muell. FloraBase, Western Australian Herbarium, Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. Accessed online: 28 August 2007.
2. Mildbraed, J. (1908). Stylidiaceae. In: Engler, A. Das Pflanzenreich: Regni vegetabilis conspectus. IV. 278. Leipzig.
3. South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2007), Mallee parks of the central Eyre Peninsula: management plan (PDF), Dept. for Environment and Heritage, p. 13, ISBN 978-1-921238-81-9