Erect ephemeral, 2–5 cm high, simple or branched near base. Leaves few, rosetted, linear to narrow-elliptic or -ovate, 3–5 mm long, c. 0.7 mm wide. Flowers usually 1–5 in a terminal corymb. Calyx linear, 4–7 mm long, with scattered glandular hairs, lobes equal, 2 united virtually to apex; corolla 1.5–3.0 mm across, pinkish-white with pink stripes on the lower surface, usually c. fan-shaped, posterior lobes obovate-spathulate and c. twice as long as the anterior pair, labellum ovate without appendages, throat appendages 6; column c. 0.5 mm long; anthers pale, pollen golden; stigma cushion-like. Capsule linear, c. 3–7 mm long; seeds ellipsoid, c. 0.2 mm long, brown, smooth to ridged. Flowers Nov.–Jan.
LoM, Wim, GleP, VVP, GipP, OtP, WaP, CVU, GGr, DunT, EGL, WPro, OtR, Strz. Also SA. Scattered in moist lowland heaths and drying swamps from the South Australian border to the far east near Mallacoota.
Source:
Raulings, E.J. (1999). Stylidiaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 579–587. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
