About Stylidium hispidum Lindl.
Stylidium hispidum, commonly known as the white butterfly triggerplant, is a dicotyledonous plant in the genus Stylidium of the family Stylidiaceae. This species is endemic to Australia, where it occurs primarily in southwestern Western Australia, near Perth. It is a basally rosetted triggerplant that produces greyish, linear leaves that can grow up to three centimetres long. Its flowering scape is reddish, and ranges from six to thirty centimetres tall. The scape ends in a somewhat branched raceme that bears white or cream-colored flowers, which have red spots near the flower throat. The primary habitats of S. hispidum are jarrah forests, gravelly loams, and light sandy soils.
