Drosera fimbriata
Drosera fimbriata | |
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Priority Four — Rare Taxa (DEC) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Droseraceae |
Genus: | Drosera |
Subgenus: | Drosera subg. Ergaleium |
Section: | Drosera sect. Stolonifera |
Species: | D. fimbriata
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Binomial name | |
Drosera fimbriata |
Drosera fimbriata, the Manypeaks sundew,[1] is a perennial tuberous species in the genus Drosera that is endemic to Western Australia. It grows to 10 to 15 cm tall with two or three whorls of non-carnivorous leaves on the lower portion of the stem and 2 to 5 whorls of carnivorous leaves above that. It is native to a region mostly around Manypeaks but with populations near the Scott River and near Denmark. It grows in winter-wet sandy soils in heathland. It flowers in October.[2]
It was first formally described by in 1975.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Drosera fimbriata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- ^ a b Lowrie, A. 2005. A taxonomic revision of Drosera section Stolonifera (Droseraceae), from south-west Western Australia[permanent dead link]. Nuytsia, 15(3): 355-393.
Categories:
- Carnivorous plants of Australia
- Caryophyllales of Australia
- Eudicots of Western Australia
- Plants described in 1975
- Drosera
- Droseraceae stubs
- Australian eudicot stubs
- Western Australian plant stubs