This species is a creeping or scrambling triggerplant, which can spread over large areas as a tangled mat of stems and aerial roots.

[1] Stylidium repens is primarily found in jarrah and wandoo forests, in sand, and in scrubby heath.

It is widely distributed from north of Geraldton to east of Esperance, south to the coast and inland to Dangin.

diplectroglossum (Erickson & Willis) was believed to be a distinct variety of this species, noted for its narrower leaves and free calyx lobes.

Allen Lowrie and his research team confirmed the earlier suspicion in their taxonomic revision of the creeping triggerplants.