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Stylidium armeria (Labill.) Labill.
Thrift-leaved Triggerplant.
It is difficult to differentiate this species from Stylidum montanum and Stylidium graminifolium.The articles below provide keys. In Tasmania Stylidium dilatatum is identified but APNI names this species as Stylidium armeria ssp armeria. This species lives on the coasts of southern Tasmania. As APNI states: "This taxon is part of a complex of species that is in need of further taxonomic research".
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	*Stylidium* *armeria*

	Description:Flower spike	Description:Flower spike
	Location:Fisher Point,Tasmania	Location:Fisher Point,Tasmania
	GPS coordinates:43˚34.223S 146˚55.049E	GPS coordinates:43˚34.223S 146˚55.049E
	Date of photo:7 January 2013	Date of photo:7 January 2013
	Field No.:1846	Field No.:1846

	*Stylidium* *armeria*	*Stylidium* *armeria*

	Description:Plant	Description:Flower spike
	Location:Cockle Creek,Tasmania	Location:Cockle Creek,Tasmania
	GPS coordinates:43˚34.376S 146˚54.567E	GPS coordinates:43˚34.376S 146˚54.567E
	Date of photo:7 January 2013	Date of photo:7 January 2013
	Field No.:1843	Field No.:1843

	*Stylidium* *armeria*	*Stylidium* *armeria*

	Description:Plants in habitat next to the shore	Description:Plants in habitat next to the shore
	Location:Cockle Creek,Tasmania	Location:Cockle Creek,Tasmania
	GPS coordinates:43˚34.376S 146˚54.567E	GPS coordinates:43˚34.376S 146˚54.567E
	Date of photo:7 January 2013	Date of photo:7 January 2013
	Field No.:1843	Field No.:1843

References (accessed 25 June 2016):

http://demo1.tmag.tas.gov.au/treatments/families/Stylidiaceae/Stylidiaceae.html

http://www.utas.edu.au/dicotkey/dicotkey/OTHERS/sStylidium_armeria.htm

Raulings E.J. & Ladiges P.Y., (2001) Morphological variation and speciation in Stylidium graminifolium(Stylidiaceae), description of S. montanum and reinstatement of S. armeria, Australian Systematic Botany 14(6): 901 - 935

Jackson, W.D. & Wiltshire, R.J.E. (2001), Historical taxonomy and a resolution of the Stylidium graminifolium complex (Stylidiaceae) in Tasmania. Australian Systematic Botany 14(6):957-960

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