Stylidium tenellum Family : Stylidiaceae Common name: Trigger plant Habit : Herb

Stylidium tenellum

Family : Stylidiaceae

Common name: Trigger plant

Habit : Herb

Habitat : Marshy areas, waste lands

Flowering: Sept - Jan

Carnivory:

Trigger plants are considered to be protocarnivorous (or subcarnivorous). They have glandular trichomes projecting from sepals. The tip of the trichome produces a sticky muscilage-a mixture of sugar polymers and water that is capable of attracting and suffocating small insects. Unlike true carnivorous species of plants, triggerplants are thought to not produce digestive enzymes and must rely on bacteria, fungi, or other decomposition processes to release the nutrients stored in the muscilage-bound prey. 

@ Sweta Mishra