Family: Droseraceae
Drosera binata
Citation:
Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. Sp. 1:98, t. 105 (1805).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Forked sundew.
Description:
Herb with fibrous roots; stem very short, but stolons often present; leaves radical, erect; lamina once or twice forked, with linear lobes 2-10 cm long, circinnate when young; petiole slender, 4-30 cm long, glabrous; stipules membranous, 3-5 mm long; scapes 1 or 2, to 50 cm long, glabrous.
Inflorescence branched, 15-30-flowered; bracts linear, 1-2 mm long; pedicels 5-15 mm long; sepals ovate, acute or laciniate, 6-7 mm long; petals obovate, 9-14 mm long, white; styles 3, with a few dichotomous branches.
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Image source: fig 202e in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Cochrane et al. (1968) Flowers and plants of Victoria, fig. 4; R. Erickson (1968) Plants of prey, t. 11(17-20).
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: SL, KI, SE. Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. New Zealand.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: mainly Dec. — April.
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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:
Not yet available
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