About Stylidium nymphaeum Wege
Stylidium nymphaeum Wege, commonly known as a climbing triggerplant, occurs along the southern coast of Southwest Australia. This species uses the curved tips of its leaves to clamber over neighboring plants, reaching a height between 1.4 and 2.5 metres. Its leaves are long, slender, hairless, and have an entire margin, measuring 15 to 75 millimetres in length and 0.8 to 2 millimetres in width. The plant's scape is also hairless. Its flowers range from pink to purple, and bloom from December or January to May. Stylidium nymphaeum grows in sandy clay or peaty sands in seasonally wet, low-lying areas and alongside creeks, within dense scrub. This species was formally described in 2010 by Juliet Wege, based on material originally collected by Robert Brown and illustrated by Ferdinand Bauer. Brown collected several specimens at King George Sound that were initially assigned to the species Stylidium scandens for the type collection, though notes he wrote before the first description of Stylidium scandens already identified the larger specimens he collected at Lake Powell as distinct.
