Common Scarlet Sundew

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©Drosera glanduligera Chris Clarke CC2.5, Drosera glanduligera Russel Best CC2.5

Drosera glanduligera

Carnivorous or insectivorous sundew with yellow-green basal leaves 8-20 mm long in a flat rosette. Fine stem to 90 mm high bearing many orange or red flowers.

Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Other Common Names
Pimpernel Sundew
Distinctive Features

Insectivorous plant with basal rosette of leaves that in sun glisten like dew, and red flowers on stalk to 90 mm. No tuber present.
Biology

Perennial. Occurs in low-nutrient sandy loam to heavy loam soils.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Aug-Nov
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Droseraceae
Genus
Drosera
Species
glanduligera

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Traps small insects using the sticky hairs (snap tentacles) around the margins of the leaves. These hairs contain a gland that releases digestive enzymes

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native