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Grassland Sundew

Drosera hookeri

Grassland Sundew
Photo: MFdeS, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Droseraceae (Sundew family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Native range
SE. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Drosera hookeri, the grassland sundew is an shortly erect perennial tuberous species in the carnivorous plant genus Drosera. Drosera hookeri is found in south-eastern Australia. Although the holotype was collected in Tasmania, its distribution also includes Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia.

Where it grows

Drosera hookeri is typically a plant of winter-wet, summer-dry grasslands and grassy woodlands. It frequently co-occurs with other species in the D. peltata complex.

Other Drosera plants

Scented Sundew · Drosera acaulis · Drosera adelae · Peninsula Sundew · Slender Leaved Sundew · White Sundew · Drosera albonotata · Australian sundew · Pygmy Sundew · Drosera amazonica · Drosera andersoniana · Drosera androsacea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Drosera hookeri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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