Drosera aff. petiolaris from Howard Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. Photo © Richard Nunn.
The wooly sundews are placed in the Drosera section Lasiocephala. The September 2021 issue of Carnivorous Plant Newsletter contained a summary of the species in this section.
Drosera section Lasiocephala Planchon inhabits far northern Australia in a band that stretches from the Kimberley in the west through the northern part of the Northern Territory and northern Queensland, from north of Cairns to the tip of Cape York, extending across the islands of the Torres Strait and into southern coastal Papua New Guinea. This section comprises the perennial Drosera petiolaris complex species and two erect annual species, the type species for this section is Drosera petiolaris R.Br. ex DC.
Described species and new taxa awaiting formal description covered in the article:
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Drosera banksii
Drosera brevicornis Drosera broomensis Drosera caduca Drosera darwinensis Drosera derbyensis Drosera dilatatopetiolaris Drosera falconeri |
Drosera fulva
Drosera kenneallyi Drosera lanata Drosera ordensis Drosera paradoxa Drosera petiolaris Drosera stipularis Drosera subtilis |
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Drosera species from Bigge Island
Drosera species from Tanami Desert Drosera aff. brevicornis from Kimberley Drosera aff. lanata from NT Drosera aff. petiolaris from NT Drosera aff. petiolaris (Pin cushion) Drosera aff. paradoxa (Orange flower) Drosera aff. paradoxa (Swamp form) |
Richard Nunn and Allen Lowrie. 2021. An account of Drosera section Lasiocephala. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 50(3):118-132. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn503.rn308
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Drosera falconeri in full growth in the Darwin area, Northern Territory, Australia. Photo by R. Nunn.
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