Drosera burmannii

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Drosera burmannii
Drosera burmannii from Humpty Doo, Australia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Caryophyllales Family: Droseraceae Genus: Drosera Species: D. burmannii
Binomial name
Drosera burmannii Vahl (1794)
Synonyms
Drosera burmannii auct. non Vahl: DC. (1824) [=Drosera burmannii/Drosera spatulata] Drosera burmannii auct. non Vahl: Ito & Matsum. (1899) [=Drosera spatulata] Drosera burmannii var. dietrichiana (Rchb.f.) Diels (1906) Drosera dietrichiana Rchb.f. (1871) Drosera rotundifolia auct. non L.: Lour. (1790) Drosera sessilifolia auct. non St.Hil.: R.Hamet (1907) [=Drosera burmannii/Drosera sessilifolia] Drosera zeylonensis Burm. ex Diels (1906)

Drosera burmannii is a small, compact sundew normally spanning only 2 cm (0.79 in). It is one of the fastest trapping sundews as well, and its leaves can curl around an insect in only a few seconds, compared to the minutes or hours it takes other sundews to surround their prey. Generally, varieties of D. burmannii are temperate, but the 'Beerwah' variety from Queensland does not require dormancy. D. burmannii is an annual, so it produces large amounts of seed.