Stylidium productum

Stylidium productum
Trigger plant at Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Stylidiaceae
Genus:	Stylidium
Subgenus:	Stylidium subg. Andersonia
Section:	Stylidium sect. Andersonia
Species:	S. productum
Binomial name
Stylidium productum Hindmarsh & D. Blaxell

Stylidium productum is a small plant found in eastern Australia. Common in the Sydney region,[1][2] it grows on soils derived from Hawkesbury sandstone.

Flowers appear in spring and summer, having five pink petals, but one is very small.[3]

Pollination

Stylidium productum features an unusual form of pollination.

The style and two anthers strike insects landing on the flower, which are then showered with pollen.

References

1. "Stylidium productum and Stylidium graminifolium". Friends of Lane Cove National Park. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
2. "Stylidium productum". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
3. Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 219