Hairy Stylewort - native (Levenhookia dubia)

Family: Stylidaceae (Triggerplant family).

Native.

Occurrence: Common.

Identification:

• it is a tiny plant to about about two centimetres high
• its flowers appear to have 4 petals
• it has small oval leaves along the stalk.

Levenhookia: Named by Robert Brown in honour of Antony van Leeuwenhoek a Dutch pioneer of using a microscope.

As in Trigger Plants, the fifth petal is modified and encloses the stigma and anthers.

Photos: Kalimna, Castlemaine.