''Stylidium multiscapum'' is a

dicotyledon The dicotyledons, also known as dicots (or, more rarely, dicotyls), are one of the two groups into which all the flowering plants (angiosperms) were formerly divided. The name refers to one of the typical characteristics of the group: namely, t ...

ous

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...

that belongs to the

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Stylidium ''Stylidium'' (also known as triggerplants or trigger plants) is a genus of dicotyledonous plants that belong to the family Stylidiaceae. The genus name ''Stylidium'' is derived from the Greek ''στύλος'' or ''stylos'' (column or pillar), wh ...

'' (family

Stylidiaceae The family Stylidiaceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants. It consists of five genera with over 240 species, most of which are endemic to Australia and New Zealand. Members of Stylidiaceae are typically grass-like herbs or small shrub ...

). It is an herbaceous

annual plant An annual plant is a plant that completes its life cycle, from germination to the production of seeds, within one growing season, and then dies. The length of growing seasons and period in which they take place vary according to geographical ...

that grows from 10 to 20 cm tall.

Oblanceolate The following is a list of terms which are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (a single leaf blade or lamina) or compound (with several leaflets). The edge of the leaf may be regular o ...

leaves, about 8-100 per plant, form a basal rosette with stems absent. The leaves are generally 22–52 mm long and 6.5–8 mm wide. This species produces 1-8 scapes per plant.

Inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...

s are 10–20 cm long and produce pink flowers that bloom from May to October in their native range. ''S. multiscapums distributions ranges from the eastern

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region of

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through the northern parts of the

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and into northwestern

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

. Its typical habitat has been reported as damp sandy soils near creeks or swamps in ''

Eucalyptus ''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of over seven hundred species of flowering trees, shrubs or mallees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalypteae, including '' Corymbia'', they are commonly known as euca ...

''-dominated woodlands. ''S. multiscapum'' is closely related to '' S. leptorrhizum''.Bean, A.R. (1999). A revision of ''Stylidium'' sect. ''Debilia'' Mildbr., ''S.'' sect. ''Floodia'' Mildbr. and ''S.'' sect. ''Lanata'' A.R.Bean (Stylidiaceae). ''Austrobaileya'' 5(3): 427-455.

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Asterales of Australia Carnivorous plants of Australia Flora of Queensland Flora of the Northern Territory Eudicots of Western Australia multiscapum {{Australia-asterid-stub

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