Drosera broomensis

Drosera broomensis

Drosera broomensis is a carnivorous plant from the family of sundew plants ( Drosera ). It occurs exclusively in Australia's Northern Territory.

Description

In Drosera broomensis is a perennial herbaceous plant that forms individual indigenous rosettes. The leaves are erect to pointing upwards, the leaf stalks are linear, 35-40 mm long, 0.5 to 1 millimeter wide, tapered at the base of the leaf blade, sparsely occupied densely pubescent at flowering time with fine white hairs, in the dry season. The nearly circular leaf blades have a diameter between 2 and 3.5 mm, its top is occupied at the edge with a little longer, shorter muzzle middle tentacles, the underside is fine white hairs.

The hairless one to four inflorescence axes are 15 to 30 inches long and have a cluster of 50 or more flowers, the flower stalks are 2 to 4 millimeters long. The sepals are narrowly ovate, glabrous, 3 mm long and 1.4 mm wide. The petals are white, with strongly pronounced midrib, obovate and 5.5 millimeters long and 3.5 millimeters wide.

The stamens are about 2.5 mm long. The ovary is obovate, 1 mm long, at the height with a diameter of 1.4 millimeters and three carpels which are zweigelappt breitlich. The three pens are inclusive of scars 0.8 mm long and divided in the upper part into many different sections which terminate in enlarged, irregularly shaped scars.

Dissemination

Home of Drosera broomensis is the extreme north of Australia to the north and northeast, sporadically south of Broome, where it grows on sandy soils.

System

The closest related species is Drosera petiolaris, of which it is but clearly distinguished by their flower stems hairless. The species 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