Drosera peltata

Pale Sundew

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

Search Criteria

 

Type

Herb

Flowers

Form

Regular, Cluster

 

Colour(s)

White, Pink

 

Petal/Sepal No.

5

 

Flowering Month

9, 10, 11, 12

Fruit

Type       

Capsule

 

Colour

Yellow, Brown

 

Other Features

-

Leaves

Arrangement

Basal, Alternate

 

Type       

Simple

 

Shape

Spoon

 

Length    

Tiny

 

Margins  

Entire

 

Attachment

Stalked   

 

Other Features

Stem near centre of leaf,

 

 

Hairy

Bark

-

Habitat

Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland