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Drosera peltata

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

Up to 30cm tall. An upright delicate plant with simple white flowers and spiky pink and green leaves designed to capture small arthropod prey. Many plants covered a large shady area of dry forest floor.

Habitat:

Open, dry eucalyptus forest floor with grasses and mosses.

Notes:

D. peltata subsp. auriculata
. . This 'carnivorous' species is fairly common in Victoria but I have never remembered what time of year the flowers appear. Also in NZ and India.

Reference Links:

Drosera peltata subsp. auriculata - Overview, Drosera peltata, Victorian Drosera

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