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Pale Sundew

Drosera peltata

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 8, February 2, March 6, April 17, May 18, June 23, July 12, August 25, September 31, October 12, November 19, December 12.
Australia185
New South Wales152
Tasmania19
Victoria8
India5
Karnātaka4
Australian Capital Territory3
Other Territories3
China3
Zhejiang Province2

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

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Carnivorous plantDescends from a plant lineage whose members are carnivorous plants.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

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

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