Stylidium Sw.

Column bent, with a trigger action when touched. Corolla usually red or pink Stylidium

Leaves cauline, spirally arranged

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Leaves less than 4 mm long and 1 mm wide, thick, narrow-lanceolate, few (usually less than 15) on the stem. Flowers in a raceme. Corolla c. 2 mm long, white to pale pink. Ovary linear. Annual herb up to 15 cm high, ± fleshy. Coast. Damp places. Fl. spring–summer Stylidium despectum

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Leaves more than 10 mm long, c. 1 mm wide, linear, with many on the stem. Flowers in a lax thyrse or raceme. Corolla pale pink, 10–15 mm long. Ovary ovoid to subglobular. Shrubby perennial with stems up to 50 cm high. Widespread. Open forests. Fl. spring Stylidium laricifolium