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Tall sundew

Drosera auriculata

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 12, February 6, March 1, April 3, May 18, June 52, July 151, August 543, September 1,720, October 1,294, November 422, December 132.
Australia4,354
Victoria3,159
New Zealand951
South Australia618
Tasmania336
Wellington Region272
Auckland Region215
New South Wales203
Waikato Region168
Northland Region119

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Checked by the maintainer

Group and habits

  • Carnivorous plantDescends from a plant lineage whose members are carnivorous plants.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderpinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales
FamilySundew Family · Droseraceae
GenusSundews · Drosera

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