About Stylidium laricifolium Rich.
Stylidium laricifolium, commonly called the giant trigger-plant, is a perennial subshrub that produces few stems, and typically grows 0.3 to 1.5 meters (1 foot 0 inch to 4 feet 11 inches) tall. Its leaves are linear in shape, 10 to 80 millimeters (0.39 to 3.15 inches) long, around 1 to 2 millimeters (0.039 to 0.079 inches) wide, and grow crowded along the plant's stems. Flowering stems reach 14 to 45 centimeters (5.5 to 17.7 inches) in height, and hold between 10 and 30 flowers. Flowers are arranged in one main panicle, plus several smaller racemes. The sepals are narrow and lance-shaped, 1.5 to 2 millimeters (0.059 to 0.079 inches) long, and are joined at the base to form a tube that is longer than the sepals' lobes. The corolla ranges in color from white to pale pink, and is around 10 to 15 millimeters (0.39 to 0.59 inches) wide, with two pairs of oblong petals. The floral column is 6 to 7 millimeters (0.24 to 0.28 inches) long, with a cushion-like stigma, and the ovary is 3 to 4 millimeters (0.12 to 0.16 inches) long, covered in glandular hairs. Flowering takes place from September to December, and the fruit is an oblong capsule 8 to 12 millimeters (0.31 to 0.47 inches) long. This species grows in forested rocky habitats. Its distribution extends from south-east Queensland along the coast and tablelands of New South Wales to eastern Victoria.
