Drosera_platypoda

<i>Drosera platypoda</i>

Drosera platypoda

Species of carnivorous plant

Drosera platypoda, the fan-leaved sundew,[1] is a tuberous perennial species in the genus Drosera that is endemic to south-west Western Australia. It grows 15 to 20 cm tall with a basal rosette of leaves with alternate cauline leaves along the stem. It is native to a region from Manjimup south-west to an area around the Scott River and east to Cape Riche. It grows in winter-wet sandy soils in heathland. It flowers in October.[2]

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It was first formally described by Nicolai Stepanovitch Turczaninow in 1854.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Drosera platypoda". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  2. [2]
    Lowrie, A. 2005. A taxonomic revision of Drosera section Stolonifera (Droseraceae), from south-west Western Australia[permanent dead link]. Nuytsia, 15(3): 355-393.

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