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Drosera modesta

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Subgenus
  
Ergaleium

Scientific name
  
Drosera modesta

Genus
  
Section
  
Ergaleium

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Species

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Drosera stricticaulis, Drosera pallida, Drosera browniana, Drosera platypoda, Drosera pedicellaris

Drosera modesta, the modest rainbow, is a scrambling perennial tuberous species in the carnivorous plant genus Drosera. It is endemic to Western Australia and grows on granite outcrops or stream banks in laterite or sand-clay soils. D. modesta produces shield-shaped carnivorous leaves with longer than normal tentacles. The scrambling stems can be 0.3–0.8 m (1.0–2.6 ft) long. White flowers bloom from October to November.

D. modesta was first described and named by Ludwig Diels in 1904.

References

Drosera modesta Wikipedia


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