Drosera pygmaea
| Drosera pygmaea | |
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| Early summer growth of Drosera pygmaea at the Peter Murrell Reserve, near Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Droseraceae |
| Genus: | Drosera |
| Subgenus: | Bryastrum |
| Section: | Bryastrum Planch. |
| Species: | D. pygmaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Drosera pygmaea DC. (1824) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Drosera pygmaea is a tiny, carnivorous, rosette-forming biennial or annual herb native to Australia and New Zealand.[1] The specific epithet which translates as "dwarf" from Latin is a reference to the size of this plant which grows to between 8 and 18 mm in diameter.[1]