- Drosera platypoda
-
Drosera platypoda 
D. platypoda in cultivation Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Core eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Droseraceae Genus: Drosera Subgenus: Ergaleium Section: Stolonifera Species: D. platypoda Binomial name Drosera platypoda
Turcz.Synonyms - D. flabellata Benth.
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]
It was first formally described by Nicolai Stepanovitch Turczaninow in 1854.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Drosera platypoda". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/3122.
- ^ a b Lowrie, A. 2005. A taxonomic revision of Drosera section Stolonifera (Droseraceae), from south-west Western Australia. Nuytsia, 15(3): 355-393.
External links
Media related to Drosera platypoda at Wikimedia Commons
This Western Australian plant article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
