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Indian Sundew

Drosera serpens

Indian Sundew
Photo: william_hoyer, CC BY 4.0
Family
Droseraceae (Sundew family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Hainan, Indo-China to N. Australia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Drosera serpens is a species of sundew native to southeast Asia and tropical northern Australia. It was first described by Planchon in 1848. Like other members of Drosera sect. Arachnopus it is an annual therophyte.

The species name serpens is from Latin meaning 'snake' or 'creeping thing' and refers to the scrambling habit of the plant.

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 serpens 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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