Drosera gunniana

Pale Sundew at Murrumbateman, NSW

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Identification history

Drosera hookeri	12 May 2020	BettyDonWood
Drosera hookeri	12 May 2020	RWPurdie
Drosera peltata	8 Oct 2016	BettyDonWood
Drosera peltata	8 Oct 2016	BettyDonWood
Drosera sp.	8 Oct 2016	SallyandPeter

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4 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

9 Oct 2016

With excellent photos like these it is easy to see that the sepals cupping the backs of the flowers are hairy. The other species like this, Drosera auriculata, has hairless sepals. It usually has pink flowers. Drosera peltata, to make ir more difficult, is sometimes pink.

SallyandPeter wrote:

9 Oct 2016

Thanks for the Id

BettyDonWood wrote:

12 May 2020

Drosera hookeri was described after this sighting was uploaded. Nearly all sightings previously included in Drosera peltata will now be Drosera hookeri. The easiest diagnostic is that hookeri stays green while the basal leaves of peltata turn red. Hookeri is also more robust than peltata and the stems can branch. Peltata has unbranched stems

SallyandPeter wrote:

14 May 2020

Thanks Betty, it's really interesting when knowledge develops

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