Drosera stricticaulis

Drosera stricticaulis
Drosera stricticaulis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Droseraceae
Genus: Drosera
Subgenus: Ergaleium
Section: Ergaleium
Species: D. stricticaulis
Binomial name
Drosera stricticaulis
(Diels) O.H.Sarg.
Synonyms
  • Dmacrantha varstricticaulis Diels

Drosera stricticaulis, the erect sundew,[1] is an erect perennial tuberous species in the carnivorous plant genus Drosera. It is endemic to Western Australia and is found near watercourses and granite outcrops in sandy clay or loam. Dstricticaulis produces small, cup-shaped carnivorous leaves along green, glandular stems that can be 25 cm (10 in) high. Pink flowers bloom from July to October.[1]

Drosera stricticaulis was first described by Ludwig Diels in 1906 as a variety of Dmacrantha. In 1913, Oswald Hewlett Sargent elevated the variety to species rank.[2] A recently described infraspecific taxon under Dmacrantha, Dmacrantha subsperemaea, was described in 1992 by N. G. Marchant and Allen Lowrie but reclassified as a subspecies of Dstricticaulis in 1996 when Jan Schlauer provided a comprehensive revision and new field key to the genus.[3] Other authorities, such as Western Australia's Department of Environment and Conservation's FloraBase still recognize subspecies eremaea under Dmacrantha.[4][5]

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