Accession Data

Drosera regia

Common Name: King Sundew

Family: Droseraceae

Country of Origin: South Africa, Bainskloof

Description: The tentacles of Drosera species are specialised stalked glands on the leaf's upper surface that produce a sticky mucilage. The leaves are considered active flypaper traps that respond to captured prey by bending to surround it. This is known as thigmotropism. Some species of sundew can envelop their prey in less than a minute.

Accession Data

Accession #: 200600017

Accession Date: 2006-03-16 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2112

Quantity: 3

Source: Matt Opel

Provenance: Bainskloof, Western Cape Province, RSA. Wild seed via Silverhill Seeds

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: core eudicots

Order: Caryophyllales

Family: Droseraceae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 February 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 26 February 2015.

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