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Drosera pygmaea Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Droseraceae > Drosera

Characteristics

Stock extremely short. Lvs radical, appressed, rosulate; stipules scarious, up to 5 mm. long, trifid; segs laciniate; petioles flattened, glab., up to 6mm. long; lamina subpeltate, suborbicular, 1·5-2 mm. diam., clad in stalked glandular hairs. Peduncles solitary or few, filiform, up to 2.5 cm. long; fl. solitary, tetramerous. Sepals connate at base, ± oblong, up to 2 mm. long; petals white, up to 2.5 mm. long, ovate, obtuse. Style branches 4, clavate. Capsule 4-valved, elliptic-oblong.
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Herb with fibrous roots. Stem very short. Leaves many in a convex rosette; lamina orbicular, peltate, attached near margin, 1–2 mm diam., on slender, flat, glabrous petiole 2–5 mm long; stipules 3–5 mm long, deeply trifid, the segments laciniate. Scapes 1–4, 5–45 mm long, very slender, glabrous, 1-flowered. Sepals 4, oblong to elliptic, glabrous, 1.5–2 mm long. Petals elliptic-spathulate, 2–2.5 mm long, white. Styles 4, filiform, the stigmas clavellate.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.01 - 0.05
Root system fibrous-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows in damp soil in swamps and heath.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 7-9
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

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

Conservation status

Drosera pygmaea threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:321949-1
WFO ID wfo-0000946142
COL ID 37QVN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Drosera pygmaea Drosera minutula Drosera pusilla
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