Grass Trigger Plant

Grass Trigger Plant

Grass Trigger Plant

Stylidium graminifolium s.l.


Perennial. Grows in gravelly, well drained soils.


Details Description
Type
Herb
Group
Trigger Plant
Identifying Characteristics

Lily-like medium tufted herb to 25 cm tall and 25 cm wide. Leaves grass-like and upright. Flowers have four pink petals, and are held along a long stem to 75 cm tall. Flowers August-November.

Distinctive Features

Long upright stems of pink flowers with a trigger mechanism.

Life Form Group
Herb
Life Form Codes
Medium Herb (MH)
EVC types
EVC 132_62: Lighter-soils Plains Grassland
EVC 132_63: Low-rainfall Plains Grassland
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Stylidiaceae
Genus
Stylidium
Species
graminifolium s.l.
Grass Trigger Plant
Widespread throughout eastern Australia to Tasmania and South Australia, also in Western Australia.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endangered Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.