Drosera caduca

Drosera caduca is a carnivorous plant from the family of sundew plants ( Droseraceae ). It is found only in northern Australia.

Description

In Drosera caduca is a perennial herbaceous plant that forms individual indigenous rosettes. The leaves are erect erect to semi, the petioles are inversely lanceolate, 15 to 30 millimeters long, wide at base, 0.5 to 1, at the widest point 3 to 6 mm, at the base of the leaf blade tapers down to 1.5 to 2, bald on the top and the bottom hairy weak. The circular leaf blades are about 3 to 4 millimeters long and as many millimeters wide, sparse on the top with glands and occupied on the edge with tentacles and the bottom bare. At the age dry up the leaf blades, tentacles are not formed.

The one or two inflorescence axes are 30 to 45 inches long and have a 25 to 45 grape blossoms, the flower stalks are 3 to 4 millimeters long. The sepals are elliptical, mostly bald, about 3 millimeters long and 1.3 millimeters wide. The petals are white, oblong- round and about 6.5 millimeters long and 3.6 millimeters wide.

The stamens are about 3 millimeters long. The ovary is inversely - ovate and 1 millimeter long. The three pens are inclusive of scars 1.5 millimeters long.

Dissemination

The home of Drosera caduca is the tropical northern Australia (Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia ).

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