This variable tufted perennial shrub has an upright habit with a rosette of stiff mid-green linear leaves. The small tube-shaped flowers are pink to magenta held erect above the foliage in a terminal raceme on a tall leafless scape, appearing from spring to summer.

Hardiness zones 9 to 11

Stylidium graminifoliumis naturally found in Australia from Queensland to New South Wales, Victoria, Canberra, South Australia and Tasmania in grasslands and open forests.

It grows in fertile well-drained soils with reliable moisture in a open sunny position and is drought and frost resistant.

The Grass-leaved Trigger Plant is a tufted perennial that is grown for its flowers and is planted in rockeries or native gardens as a specimen or in group plantings. It is also planted in pots or tubs and establishes in 1 to 2 years and is suitable for roof gardens and around a water feature, on the coast and in mountain gardens. ID 1515

Stylidium(sty-lee-DEE-um) graminifolium(gram-in-ee-FOH-lee-um)

Stylidiaceae (STY-lid-ee-AY-see-ee)