Stylidium Sw. >

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

Leaves cauline, spirally arranged

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