Drosera whittakeri

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Scented Sundew
Drosera whittakeri subsp. aberrans in cultivation
Drosera whittakeri subsp. aberrans in cultivation
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Droseraceae
Genus: Drosera
Species: D. whittakeri
Binomial name
Drosera whittakeri
Planch.
Synonyms
  • Drosera praefolia Tepper
  • Drosera whittakeri var. praefolia (Tepper) J.M.Black

Drosera whittakeri (Scented Sundew, Whittaker's Sundew) is a sundew that is native to South Australia and Victoria in Australia.

[edit] Description

Plants are 2 to 4 cm in height and width and often appear in colonies.[1]

The sessile, spathulate leaves are arranged in a flat rosette and are 15 to 35 mm long and 5 to 15mm wide.[2] The leaves may be green, bronze or red in colour.[1] The white flowers appear at the end of thick stalks to 4 cm in length. They are perfumed and relatively large, up to 30mm in diameter.[1] The main flowering period is May to November in its native range, but flowers may appear throughout the year.[2]

[edit] Taxonomy

The species was formally described by Jules Émile Planchon in Annales des Sciences Naturelles in 1848 as Drosera "Whittakerii".[3] There are two subspecies that are currently recognised:[3]

  • Drosera whittakeri subsp. aberrans Lowrie & Carlquist
  • Drosera whittakeri Planch. subsp. whittakeri

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c (1991) Flora of Melbourne. Ringwood, Victoria: Society for Growing Australian Plants Maroondah, Inc.. ISBN 0909830428. 
  2. ^ a b Drosera whittakeri Planch.. Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet. State Herbarium of South Australia.
  3. ^ a b Drosera whittakeri. Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved on 2008-03-27.
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