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 Drosera binata (Droseraceae) 1:188


Drosera binata (forked sundew) is a relatively common native sundew species that occurs in wet peats.

It is a perennial herb with a basal rosette of erect glandular leaves, petioles are slender, to 20 cm long, leaf blade glandular, divided 1 to 3 times, lobes linear, to 10 cm long.  Inflorescence to 50cm tall, each branch a 15–30-flowered raceme. Sepals blackish. Petals 5, white. Flowering & fruiting Dec.–Mar.

The forked leaves make this species unmistakable.


 


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