Stylidium productum Hindm. & Blaxell APNI* Synonyms: Stylidium graminifolium var. caulescens APNI*
Description: Perennial herb with stems to 50 cm or more long, with leaves scattered along the entire length but crowded at intervals, basal region often leafless due to abscission; adventitious roots develop from the long stems and form new plants.
Leaves linear, usually 6–20 cm long, 2–3 mm wide, margins finely toothed, lamina glabrous.
Scape 17.5–53 cm high with short glandular hairs, sparse at the base and becoming more dense towards and on the inflorescence. Raceme up to one third of the length of the scape. Sepals 1–4 mm long, glandular. Corolla 3–9 mm long, pink; labellum broad-obovate. Column 6–8 mm long. Ovary c. 3 mm long.
Capsule ovoid-oblong, 5–10 mm long; seeds brown, ± smooth.
Flowering: November–January
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in dry sclerophyll forest on sandstone, chiefly from Gosford to Cataract Dam (northwest of Wollongong) to Kandos in the west.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, CT
Text by L. C. Stanberg
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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