Drosera brevicornis

Drosera brevicornis is a carnivorous plant from the family of sundew plants ( Droseraceae ). It comes exclusively in Palmerston before to Kakadu National Park in Australia's Northern Territory.

Description

In Drosera brevicornis is a perennial herbaceous plant that forms individual indigenous rosettes and a fibrous root. The leaves lie flat on the ground, the petioles are reversed - lanceolate, 15-20 mm long, at base 1.5 to 3 and at the base of the blade has 0.9 to 2 mm wide, slightly on the top and on the bottom densely hairy. The round leaf blades are 4-5 mm long and 4-5 mm wide, on the top and the bottom are covered with dense hair.

Flowering period is March to April. The one to four inflorescence axes are 30 to 40 inches long and have a cluster of 25 or more flowers, the flower stalks are 2 to 3 millimeters long. The sepals are obovate, hairy woolly, 5-6 mm long and 2.5 to 3 millimeters wide. The petals are pink or white, obovate and about 10 millimeters long and about 7 millimeters wide.

The stamens are 4.5 millimeters long. The ovary is obovate and 1.5 to 1.7 millimeters long. The three pens are inclusive of scars 2 millimeters long.

Dissemination

Home of Drosera brevicornis is the area of Palmerston to the Kakadu National Park in Australia's Northern Territory. Where it grows on gravel slopes or in shallow depressions. It is considered a common and therefore not at risk.

System

The species was first described in 1996 by Allen Lowrie, it belongs to the so-called " petiolaris complex", which is the section of the genus Lasiocephala.

Evidence

• Allen Lowrie: New species in Drosera sect. Lasiocephala ( Droseraceae ) from tropical northern Australia. In: Nuytsia 11:1, 1996, pp. 55-69

• Sundew Family
• Insect-eating plant
• Droseraceae