Family: Droseraceae
Drosera glanduligera
Citation:
Lehm., Nov. Stirp. Pugill. 8:37 (1844).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Scarlet sundew.
Description:
Ephemeral herb with fibrous roots; stem to 10 mm long, erect; leaves in a convex rosette, 15-20, lamina suborbicular to almost flabellate, very concave, 9-12 mm diam., abruptly narrowed to a flat petiole 3-8 mm long and 2-4 mm wide; stipules fused to the base of the petiole, 1-2 mm long.
Scapes 1-4, 3-5 cm long, glandular-hirsute, many-flowered; pedicels 4-10 mm long, deflexed after flowering; calyx 4-5 mm long, pilose, deeply divided into ovate laciniate lobes; petals obovate-cuneate, 4-5 mm long, orange or red; styles 3, each bi- or trifurcate towards the apex.
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Image source: fig 202a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Image source: fig 202g in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 339; R. Erickson (1968) Plants of prey, t. 2(8).
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE. W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Aug. — Nov.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
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