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Drosera binata Labill.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Droseraceae > Drosera

Characteristics

Stock short. Lvs radical, pubescent, erect or spreading; stipules membr., often trifid, up to 7·5 mm. long; petiole glab., up to 35 cm. long; lamina 2-to 4-fid or more; segs linear, up to 15 cm. × 2 mm. with stalked glandular marginal hairs. Peduncles few, erect, glab., up to 50 cm. or more long; sparingly corymbosely branched above; pedicels up to 15 mm. long; fls us. ∞.Sepals connate at base, obovate to elliptic, up to 6 mm. long, glandular; petals white, obovate, up to 10 mm. long. Style branches 3, several times dichotomously branched, segs dilated. Capsule subglobose, c. 2 mm. long.
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Herb with fibrous roots. Stem very short, but stolons often present. Leaves radical, erect; lamina once or twice forked with linear lobes 2–10 cm long, circinnate when young; petiole slender, 4–30 cm long, glabrous; stipules membranous, 3–5 mm long. Scapes 1 or 2, up to 50 cm long, glabrous; inflorescence branched, 15–30-flowered; bracts linear, 1–2 mm long; pedicels 5–15 mm long. Sepals ovate, acute or laciniate, 6–7 mm long. Petals obovate, 9–14 mm long, white. Styles 3, with a few dichotomous branches.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Root system fibrous-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows in wetsand and sandy peat in swamps, on creek banks and rock ledges.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 7-9
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 1-4
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Wart (unspecified), Cyanogenetic (unspecified)
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

Habit

Drosera binata habit picture by Boris Therock (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Drosera binata leaf picture by Boris Therock (cc-by-sa)
Drosera binata leaf picture by Boris Therock (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Drosera binata flower picture by Boris Therock (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Drosera binata world distribution map, present in Australia and New Zealand

Conservation status

Drosera binata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:321796-1
WFO ID wfo-0000945839
COL ID 37QNY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Drosera cunninghamii Drosera intermedia Dismophyla binata Drosera billardiera Drosera dichotoma Drosera pedata Drosera binata var. rubra Drosera flagellifera Drosera binata
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