Erect ephemeral to c. 4 cm high. Leaves few, rosetted, linear-ovate, 2–4 mm long, 1–2 mm wide. Flowers usually solitary. Calyx globose, c. 1 mm long, sparsely glandular-pubescent, lobes longer than the tube, one more deeply set than others; corolla c. 3 mm across, white, lobes paired vertically, oblong-oblanceolate, posterior pair each usually with a small basal lobe, slightly to distinctly shorter than anterior pair, labellum acute, petal-like, cupped, throat appendages absent; column c. 1 mm long; anthers pale, pollen golden; stigma fan-shaped and brush-tipped. Capsule globular, c. 2 mm long; seeds c. ellipsoid, c. 0.2 mm long, smooth. Flowers Oct.–Nov.
LoM, Wim, GleP, VVP, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, WPro, OtR, Strz. Also WA, SA, Tas. Scattered in damp, lowland heaths or seasonal swamps, from lower Glenelg River area to Western Port (e.g. Quail Island) and an easterly outlier on Wilsons Promontory.
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.
