Kingdom Plantae Family Droseraceae Subgenus Ergaleium Scientific name Drosera platypoda | Order Caryophyllales Genus Drosera Section Stolonifera Rank Species | |
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Similar Drosera stricticaulis, Drosera ramellosa, Drosera browniana, Drosera pallida, Drosera porrecta | ||
Drosera platypoda, the fan-leaved sundew, is a tuberous perennial species in the genus Drosera that is endemic to south-west Western Australia. It grows 15 to 20 cm tall with a basal rosette of leaves with alternate cauline leaves along the stem. It is native to a region from Manjimup south-west to an area around the Scott River and east to Cape Riche. It grows in winter-wet sandy soils in heathland. It flowers in October.
It was first formally described by Nicolai Stepanovitch Turczaninow in 1854.
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