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Stylidium flagellum Lowrie, A.H.Burb. & Keneally
A beautiful little plant from Western Australia.The name comes from the Latin word flagellum - a naked whip-like runner, which refers to the long, erect and semi-erect leafless stems between the rosette nodes and the leafy apical rosettes.

	*Stylidium* *flagellum*	*Stylidium flagellum*

	Description:Flowers with apical rosette	Description:Plant with runner
	Location:Lesueur National Park, Western Australia	Location:Lesueur National Park, Western Australia
	GPS coordinates: 30˚09.4464S 115˚11.4120E	GPS coordinates: 30˚09.4464S 115˚11.4120E
	Date of photo:10 August 2016	Date of photo:10 August 2016
	Field No.:5502	Field No.:5502

	*Stylidium* *flagellum*	*Stylidium* *flagellum*

	Description:Plant	Description:Plant showing flowers and leaves
	Location:Lesueur National Park, Western Australia	Location:Lesueur National Park, Western Australia
	GPS coordinates: 30˚09.4464S 115˚11.4120E	GPS coordinates: 30˚09.4464S 115˚11.4120E
	Date of photo:10 August 2016	Date of photo:10 August 2016
	Field No.:5502	Field No.:5502

Reference (accessed 30 September 2016):

Lowrie, A., Burbidge, A.H. & Kenneally, K.F. (1999), A taxonomic revision of the creeping triggerplants (Stylidiaceae: Stylidium sect. Appressae) from southern Australia. Nuytsia 13(1):138-139

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