Biology:Drosera pygmaea

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Short description: Species of plant

Drosera pygmaea
Drosera pygmaea Hobart Tasmania.jpg
Early summer growth of Drosera pygmaea at the Peter Murrell Reserve, near Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Droseraceae
Genus: Drosera
Subgenus: Drosera subg. Bryastrum
Section: Drosera sect. Bryastrum
Planch.
Species:
D. pygmaea
Binomial name
Drosera pygmaea
DC. (1824)
Synonyms
  • Drosera pusilla
    auct. non H.B.K.: R.Br. ex Hook.f. (1840)
  • Drosera pygmaea
    auct. non DC.: Lehm. (1845)
    [=D. paleacea]

Drosera pygmaea is a carnivorous, rosette-forming biennial or annual species of herb native to Australia and New Zealand.[1] The specific epithet, which translates as "dwarf" from Latin, is a reference to the very small size of this plant, which grows to between 8 and 18 mm in diameter.[1] Small, pale flowers are produced at the ends of 1- to 3-inch stems. It is perhaps the most well-known of the pygmy sundews.[2]

Range of D. pygmaea in the wild.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bruce Salmon, "Carnivorous Plants of New Zealand", Ecosphere publications, 2001
  2. "Drosera - Sundews". 7 June 2015. http://pitcherplant.com/drosera.html. Retrieved 10 January 2016. 

Wikidata ☰ Q146588 entry