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 Drosera peltata  (Droseraceae) 1:188

Drosera peltata (red sundew), is a widespread and common native sundew species that grows in a wide range of vegetation, including dry grassy woodlands.
It is an erect perennial herb arising from a globose tuber. Leaves, stems and tubers are red. Rosette leaves normally red, soil-appressed, semi-circular, stem leaves solitary or in groups of 3 or 4, lamina with two ear-like points, peltate. Stem solitary, unbranched, frequently leafless in the upper half. White flowers in groups of 2-5 near end of stem. Sepals dark olive green, turning black, narrow elliptical, hairy.  Flowering & fruiting Nov.–Feb.



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