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Floating Sundew
Drosera admirabilis
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Shepherds Crook SundewDrosera aliciae
Scarlet SundewDrosera glanduligera
tropical sundewDrosera burmanni
Peninsula SundewDrosera cuneifolia
Tooth SundewDrosera sessilifolia
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| South Africa | 278 |
|---|---|
| Western Cape | 278 |
| United States | 1 |
| Minnesota | 1 |
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
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | pinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales |
| Family | Sundew Family · Droseraceae |
| Genus | Sundews · Drosera |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Floating Sundew with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.