Droseraceae Wildflowers

Drosera hookeri

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:01:00 GMT

Named after Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (born 1817) - a world famous botanist who travelled on the Antarctic expedition of 1839 under the command of Sir James Ross and wrote "Handbook of New Zealand Flora" published in 1864-67 describing many specimens sent to Kew by collectors. He died in 1911 and has a memorial stone at Westminster Abbey London. Tuberous herb, often bright yellow-green in colour (rarely reddish to maroon); tuber ovoid, up to 5 × 5 mm tall; surface white to red, often in a papery sheath; vertical stolon 10–40 mm long. Above ground parts of the plants highly variable in height, with glabrous stems between 25 × 380 mm tall; unbranched or branched apically, distally, or both. Leaves, often in a flat basal rosette and cauline; basal leaves 2–22, the lamina ovate, elliptic, flabellate, reniform to hatchet-shaped, 1–5 × 2–11mm on a linear petiole 3.0–17.0 × 1.8 mm; cauline leaves alternate, the lamina crescentic, 1.0–6.5 × 1–10 mm, with acute angles, on petiole 3–17 mm long. Inflorescence a 1-sided raceme, 1–10-flowered; peduncle usually 10–50 mm long, but can be as short as 0.1 mm; pedicels 0.5–15 mm long. Sepals ovate, elliptic or obovate, 2.0–5.0 × 0.7–2.4 mm, usually moderately to densely hairy (with up to 30 hairs per mm square), but can also be glabrous; always with a fimbriate margin with hairs up to 1.3mm long. Petals obovate to cuneate, 3–7mm long by 2–7mm wide, white or pink. Styles 3, 0.3–1.2 mm long, divided into a total of between c.20-30 segments. Seeds 0.5–0.8 × 0.3 mm, cylindrical, pandurate to obovoid with a deeply pitted surface.
Family: Droseraceae Genus: Drosera Species: hookeri Main Flower Colour: White

Pearly Sundew, Pygmy Drosera

Member - John and Val — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 04:05:00 GMT

A tiny Drosera growing to only about 2 cm high, though flower stalk may increase the height. Leaves are bright red and round. Plants seen were growing in deep white sand.
Family: Droseraceae Genus: Drosera Species: pycnoblasta Main Flower Colour: White

Sundew

Member - John and Val — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 22:47:00 GMT

A trap for unwary insects. Widely distributed through northern Australia in damp areas. Elongated leaves, curled when young, with long sticky hairs. Leaves may be reddish or green and 5 petalled flowers vary in colour from white through orange and pink.
Family: Droseraceae Genus: Drosera Species: indica Main Flower Colour: Pink

Sundew

Member - John and Val — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 02:56:00 GMT

Small insectivorous plant. Traps small insects by means of sticky hairs on the rosette of red leaves. Grows in damp places.
Family: Droseraceae Genus: Drosera Species: unknown Main Flower Colour: White

Sundew - Drosera - Unknown Species

Cienne — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 11:11:00 GMT

Found growing in a damp rocky area in the Stirling Range, W.A. About 10 cm high, reddish in appearance, with sticky hairs on the roundish leaves.
Family: Droseraceae Genus: Drosera Main Flower Colour: Other

Sundew - Pink Rainbow

Sharon G — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 13:20:00 GMT

Tuberous, perennial, herb or climber, 0.3-1.1 m high. Deep sand, loamy soils.
Family: Droseraceae Genus: Drosera Species: Drosera menziesii subsp. penicillaris Main Flower Colour: Pink