Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Stylidium armeria synonym: Stylidium graminifolium var graminifolium |
| Common Name: | thrift-leaved trigger-plant |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Grass Like / Strappy, Ground Cover (up to 30 cm), Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Bee Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Cottage |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Moist, Well Drained |
| Size (HxW): | 20-60 cm x 20-30 cm |
| Foliage: | Erect, narrow green to grey-green grass-like leaves 13-40cm long x3-14mm wide |
| Flowers: | Small pale to bright pink or lilac flowers on erect stems. Flowers August to February. |
| General Comments: | Variable, tufted perennial herb. Effective planted in drifts. Suited to rockeries, containers and cottage gardens. The name ‘Trigger’ comes from the plants’ method of pollination. It has a sensitive trigger that is stimulated when an insect lands on the flower causing the trigger to strike the insect with a hammer-like action to cover it with pollen. Tolerates wet and dry periods once established. |
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