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Small Sundew

Drosera trinervia

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 15, February 4, March 3, April 8, May 18, June 38, July 98, August 271, September 641, October 713, November 216, December 61.
South Africa2,086
Western Cape2,060
Nothern Cape24
California14
Eastern Cape2

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Small Sundew with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.