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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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