Stylidium armeria|Grass Trigger-plant
Cardinia indigenous plant guide
- Description
- Tufted perennial herb, often spreading from underground roots.
- Size (W x H)
- 0.2-0.3m x 0.2-0.6m
- Leaves
- Erect to spreading, pale to dark green narrow lance-shaped leaves 13-40cm x 3-14mm, margins rarely serrated.
- Flowers
- Strong flowering stem to 110cm high, scarcely glandular hairy. Terminal spike of 10-100 flowers. 8 prominent white throat appendages with purple or yellow tips.
- Flower colour
- Pale pink to magenta
- Flower time
- August to February
- Growing conditions
- Moist to well drained soils, widespread in many communities. Frost tolerant. Full sun, semi shade.
- Commonly used for
- Beautiful tufting plant for small gardens, rockeries, cottage gardens and containers. Plant in drifts in the garden or a bush area. S. montanum from subalpine areas outside the Shire have the broadest leaves and deep magenta flowers.
- Available at indigenous nursery
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- Attracts birds
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- Photo gallery
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- Acknowledgement
- Thank you to Shire of Yarra Ranges for assistance in compiling this directory
