Drosera sp.

A Sundew at Majura, ACT

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Identification history

Drosera sp.	18 Oct 2016	BettyDonWood
Drosera sp.	18 Oct 2016	BettyDonWood
Drosera peltata	18 Oct 2016	Floramaya

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3 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

19 Oct 2016

There are two species of Drosera like this in the area. Drosera cannot be IDd to species level without a good image of the sepals cupping a flower, or covering a flower bud.

waltraud wrote:

19 Oct 2016

I know D. auriculata only from one site the south slope uphill of Casuarina trail (close to the iron bridge) where it forms herb fields in wet springs; see http://canberranaturemap.org/Community/Sightings/Details/1973241.
It seems to me that D peltata more common. But then I spend most of my time weeding and only by chance check out Mt Majura's the native flora...

BettyDonWood wrote:

19 Oct 2016

Drosera peltata is by far the more common of the two throughout the CNM area, but there are enough sightings of Drosera auriculata to warrant not confirming any non-flowering sighting to species level. CNM links to the Atlas of Living Australia so I am very careful about getting flak from interstate about my confirmations.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.175000 -35.222680
Altitude 644.2m
Places Majura, ACT

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
17 Oct 2016 02:42 PM Recorded on
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Plants Other Wildflowers & Herbs Floramaya Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Drosera sp. Scientific name
A Sundew Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1330.5m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
In flower

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