Family: Droseraceae
Plant: A small erect carnivorous herb up to 20cm high.
Flowers: White to pink with 5 spreading petals, 1-1.5cm across, in racemes of 5-10 flowers borne on top of erect stems. The sepals are hairy.
Flowering: Mainly in September-December.
Fruit: Yellow-brown spiky capsule.
Leaves: Basal leaves spoon-shaped and peltate 4-7mm long, red in colour. Stem leaves alternate, 4-7mm long with 2 lobes. Basal leaves are often absent at flowering time. The stems and leaves are covered with sticky red hairs.
Habitat: Damp sites in heathland and dry sclerophyll forest.
Features: 2 types of leaves - basal and on stem. Sticky red hairs on stems and leaves. Hairy sepals.
Name:
Drosera From Greek = dewy (referring to the clear, sticky drops of liquid on its hair glands)
peltata Referring to its peltate leaves
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Type |
Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
White, Pink |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
9, 10, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Yellow, Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Basal, Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Spoon |
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Length |
Tiny |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Stem near centre of leaf, |
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Hairy |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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