Drosera aliciae Raym.-hamet

Australian sundew (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Droseraceae > Drosera

Characteristics

Small plants with tufted, compact rosettes and a few fairly thin, long roots. Leaves apetiolate; stipules ovate, 3-cleft, up to 5 mm long, the central lobe lanceolate, the outer linear-setaceous; the c. 30 leaves often reddish, similar in size, compactly arranged, the old leaves forming a thick mat below; lamina obcuneate to spathulate, up to 25 mm long and 7 mm broad near the obtuse to truncate apex, base cuneate, bearing both types of tentacles; lower surface appressed-pubescent. Inflorescence with the base of the scape exserted horizontally from the leafs rosette, subsequently erect, 15-40 cm tall-firm, bearing 2-12 secund flowers; pedicel, up to 8 mm long. Calyx-lobes c. 5 mm long, broadly ovate, obtuse. Petals broadly obovate-cuneate, c. 10 mm long, purple. Stamens with the filaments flattened and the connective dilated. Styles forked from the base, the branches shortly 2-3-fid and dilated at the stigmatic apex. Capsule ovoid; seeds fusiform, with the testa extended on both sides.
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Tufted, perennial, insectivorous herb, up to 400 mm high. Leaves ± 30, arranged in a rosette, apetiolate, spathulate, reddish, 25 x 7 mm, hairy beneath; stipules lacerate. Flowers 2-12 on wiry scape, 150-400 mm high, curved below then erect, pink; stigmas 2-or 3-fid. Flowering time Sept.-Jan. Fruit an ovoid capsule. Seeds fusiform.
Tufted perennial to 40 cm. Leaves radical, spathulate, hairy beneath, stipules lacerate. Flowers several on wiry scape curved below then erect, pink, stigmas 2-or 3-fid.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.23 - 0.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 6-9
Soil humidity 5-8
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity 2-4
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Drosera aliciae world distribution map, present in Botswana, Sri Lanka, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:321775-1
WFO ID wfo-0000945812
COL ID 37QN8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Drosera aliciae Drosera curviscapa Drosera curviscapa Drosera curviscapa var. esterhuysenae