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Coast Stackhousia

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Scientific Name:Stackhousia spathulata

Status:
Native to Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales and Queensland.
Coast Stackhousia plant
Coast Stackhousia plant
Photo: A J Brown

Plant Description:
Small perennial herb to 50 cm high but often much smaller, with hairless stems and leaves. Stems procumbent to ascending. Leaves mostly 1.5-3 cm long, 2.5-15 mm wide, spatula-like in shape, thick and very blunt.

Flower-head a dense cylindrical spike with three triangular, basal bracts. Flowers creamy white, the five petals narrow and fused into a tube, 6-7 mm long and with lobes 4-5 mm long. Fruit a cocci, 4-6 mm long with 3 prominent wings.

Habitat:
Scattered and uncommon on coastal sand dunes along the Victorian coastline.

Coast Stackhousia photos

Young leaves of Coast Stackhousia
Young leaves of Coast Stackhousia
Photo: A J Brown
Basal leaves of Coast Stackhousia
Basal leaves of Coast Stackhousia
Photo: A J Brown

Flower-head of Coast Stackhousia
Flower-head of Coast Stackhousia
Photo: A J Brown

Flower-head (from above) of Coast Stackhousia
Flower-head (from above) of Coast Stackhousia
Photo: A J Brown

Flowers of Coast Stackhousia
Flowers of Coast Stackhousia
Photo: A J Brown

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