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Triggerplants
Stylidium
Stylidium (the 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), which refers to the distinctive reproductive structure that its flowers possess. Pollination is achieved through the use of the sensitive "trigger", which comprises the male and female reproductive organs fused into a floral column that snaps forward quickly in response to touch, harmlessly covering the insect in pollen. Most of the approximately 300 species are only found in Australia, making it the fifth largest genus in that country. Triggerplants are considered to be protocarnivorous or carnivorous because the glandular trichomes that cover the scape and flower can trap, kill, and digest small insects with protease enzymes produced by the plant. Recent research has raised questions as to the status of protocarnivory within Stylidium.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Grass Triggerplant
speciesStylidium graminifolium
Thrift-leaved Triggerplant
speciesStylidium armeria
Cow Kicks
speciesStylidium schoenoides
Stylidium productum
speciesStylidium productum
Stylidium androsaceum
speciesStylidium androsaceum
larchleaf triggerplant
speciesStylidium laricifolium
Lovely Triggerplant
speciesStylidium amoenum
Narrow-leaved Triggerplant
speciesStylidium lineare
Matted Triggerplant
speciesStylidium repens
Common Butterfly Triggerplant
speciesStylidium piliferum
Climbing Triggerplant
speciesStylidium scandens
Little Fountain Triggerplant
speciesStylidium tenue
Book Triggerplant
speciesStylidium calcaratum
Stylidium recurvum
speciesStylidium recurvum
Queen Triggerplant
speciesStylidium affine
Golden Triggerplant
speciesStylidium ciliatum
Foot Triggerplant
speciesStylidium ecorne
Grampians Triggerplant
speciesStylidium soboliferum
Small Triggerplant
speciesStylidium despectum
White Butterfly Triggerplant
speciesStylidium hispidum
Stylidium petiolare
speciesStylidium petiolare
Stylidium uniflorum
speciesStylidium uniflorum
Stylidium scariosum
speciesStylidium scariosum
Common Beaked Triggerplant
speciesStylidium adnatum
Stylidium eriopodum
speciesStylidium eriopodum
Alpine Triggerplant
speciesStylidium montanum
Stylidium spinulosum
speciesStylidium spinulosum
Stylidium neurophyllum
speciesStylidium neurophyllum
Creamy Triggerplant
speciesStylidium spathulatum
Posy Triggerplant
speciesStylidium crossocephalum
Swamp Trigger Plant
speciesStylidium uliginosum
Black-beaked Triggerplant
speciesStylidium rhynchocarpum
Reed Triggerplant
speciesStylidium junceum
frail triggerplant
speciesStylidium debile
Stylidium ornatum
speciesStylidium ornatum
Tall Triggerplant
speciesStylidium elongatum
Pins-and-needles
speciesStylidium dichotomum
milkmaids triggerplant
speciesStylidium caricifolium
Tiny Triggerplant
speciesStylidium perpusillum
Stylidium semipartitum
speciesStylidium semipartitum
Donkey Triggerplant
speciesStylidium diuroides
Stylidium subulatum
speciesStylidium subulatum
Stylidium nymphaeum
speciesStylidium nymphaeum
Bronze-leaved Triggerplant
speciesStylidium assimile
Touch-me-not
speciesStylidium diversifolium
Stylidium fluminense
speciesStylidium fluminense
Silky Triggerplant
speciesStylidium pilosum
Stilt Walker
speciesStylidium araeophyllum
Dotted Triggerplant
speciesStylidium guttatum
downy triggerplant
speciesStylidium pycnostachyum
Stylidium acuminatum
speciesStylidium acuminatum
Fleshy-leaved Triggerplant
speciesStylidium carnosum
Needle-leaved Triggerplant
speciesStylidium leptophyllum
Thick-leaved Triggerplant
speciesStylidium crassifolium
Stylidium thesioides
speciesStylidium thesioides
Stylidium rupestre
speciesStylidium rupestre
Stylidium schizanthum
speciesStylidium schizanthum
Stylidium obtusatum
speciesStylidium obtusatum
Stylidium flagellum
speciesStylidium flagellum
Stylidium pulchellum
speciesStylidium pulchellum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 123167.